This is why we must not only “Take Back” the White House and Congress…

…but “Take Back” our state and local governments too!

In 2010, influenced by the Tea Party and its focus on fiscal issues, 17 states elected Republican governors. And, according to an Examiner.com analysis, every one of those states saw a drop in their unemployment rates since January of 2011.

Since January of 2011, here is how much the unemployment rate declined in each of the 17 states that elected Republican governors in 2010, according to theExaminer:

1. Kansas – 6.9% to 6.1% = a decline of 0.8 [percentage points (11.6 percent)]
2. Maine – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6 [percentage points  (7.5 percent)]
3. Michigan – 10.9% to 8.5% = a decline of [2.4 percentage points (22 percent)]
4. New Mexico – 7.7% to 6.7% = a decline of [1.0 percentage points (13 percent)]
5. Oklahoma – 6.2% to 4.8% = a decline of [1.4 percentage points - (22.6 percent)]
6. Pennsylvania – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of [.6 percentage points  (7.5 percent)]
7. Tennessee – 9.5% to 7.9% = a decline of [1.6 percentage points (16.8 percent)]
8. Wisconsin – 7.7% to 6.8% = a decline of [0.9 percentage points (11.9 percent)]
9. Wyoming – 6.3% to 5.2% = a decline of [1.1 percentage points (17.5 percent)]
10. Alabama – 9.3% to 7.4% = a decline of [1.9 percentage points  (20.4 percent)]
11. Georgia – 10.1% to 8.9% = a decline of [1.2 percentage points (11.9 percent)]
12. South Carolina – 10.6% to 9.1% = a decline of [1.5 percentage points (14.2 percent)]
13. South Dakota – 5.0% to 4.3% = a decline of [0.7 percentage points (14 percent)]
14. Florida – 10.9% to 8.6% = a decline of [2.3 percentage points (21 percent)]
15. Nevada – 13.8% to 11.6% = a decline of [2.2 percentage points (15.9 percent)]
16. Iowa – 6.1% to 5.1% = a decline of [1.0 percentage points (16.4 percent)]
17. Ohio – 9.0% to 7.3% = a decline of [1.7 percentage points (18.9 percent)]

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