US: Approval Ratings Show Voters Find State Governments Dysfunctional Across The USA

US: Approval Ratings Show Voters Find State Governments Dysfunctional Across The USA - eGov monitor

In some of the states hit hardest by the recession, frustration among voters and in the media over the way state government works — or doesn’t work — seems to be boiling over.

In New Jersey, which, along with Virginia, is one of only two states with gubernatorial elections this year, the state’s largest daily newspaper, The (Newark) Star-Ledger, this month endorsed independent candidate Chris Daggett, breaking “a long tradition of endorsing either Democratic or Republican candidates for governor,” according to an account on newjerseynewsroom.com.

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