GOP Governor vs Dem Governor on per-capita unemployment claims 28-Jan-2012 State Change AL -1,249 1 -1,249 0 4,779,736 AZ -1,071 1 -1,071 0 6,392,017 FL -4,725 1 -4,725 0 18,801,310 GA -4,561 1 -4,561 0 9,687,653 ID -1,070 1 -1,070 0 1,567,582 IN -2,399 1 -2,399 0 6,483,802 ME -1,053 1 -1,053 0 1,328,361 MI -6,812 1 -6,812 0 9,883,640 NJ -4,293 1 -4,293 0 8,791,894 OH -3,582 1 -3,582 0 11,536,504 PA -8,481 1 -8,481 0 12,702,379 SC -3,261 1 -3,261 0 4,625,364 TN -1,942 1 -1,942 0 6,346,105 TX -4,031 1 -4,031 0 25,145,561 WI -2,288 1 -2,288 0 5,686,986 AR -1,401 0 -1,401 2,915,918 CA -20,698 0 -20,698 37,253,956 CT -1,967 0 -1,967 3,574,097 IL -2,942 0 -2,942 12,830,632 MA -2,249 0 -2,249 6,547,629 MD -1,347 0 -1,347 5,773,552 MN -1,042 0 -1,042 5,303,925 MO -3,223 0 -3,223 5,988,927 NC -4,875 0 -4,875 9,535,483 NY -9,433 0 -9,433 19,378,102 WA 1,616 0 1,616 6,724,540 GOP claims Dem claims GOP pop Dem pop -50,818 -47,561 133,758,894 109,102,221 rate -0.0380% -0.0436% total pop % US pop result 14.74% 242,861,115 79%