50 People Try To Name The Governor of Their State | Culturally Speaking

For this episode of Culturally Speaking, we asked each of our 50 respondents from the 50 United States to name their current governor. How many people know who the chief executive of their home state is? Do you know who the governor is where you're from? Will this be deeply embarrassing? Let's find out!
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50 People Try To Name The Governor of Their State | Culturally Speaking

[@tbb236]

“I’m so bad” - Maryland Hey, she got one right!

[@tuckertootsie9639]

Tanner_10 lollllllll

[@justwatchinthis1]

😭

[@sayantanguha707]

How someone can live in Maryland and not know Larry Hogan is the Governor, is one of the Top 10 Questions Science Can't Answer.

[@zachdaly7071]

Tanner_10 chill on Larry hogan he’s the goat undisputed

[@TuckerTighe]

As a Marylander I can’t stand watching these yet I find myself watching them everytime just to see what she says 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@brooklynspindle]

1:43 “he’s never voted in an election apparently and now he’s running the state😐” HAD ME BAWLING😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tuckertootsie9639]

brooklyn spindle me too 🤣🤣

[@artem_melon]

As an Oklahoman, I can sadly say she is correct😂 At least he isn't as bad as the last governor.

[@anniekelly1332]

Avery .lol.111 most anyone is better than Mary Failin 😂

[@parkers3280]

Annie Kelly omg anyone literate is Better than Mary Failin 😂

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@@artem_melon yeah but like that bar is on the ground

[@ahhitskatie9094]

*Texas girl wears political shirt* *Can’t even name top politician of her state* Perfect example of our country for sure.

[@excellenceka]

Ashamed of her representing Texas!

[@havegottogitgud1864]

She probably doesn't live in Texas anymore.

[@aaliyah2073]

Can’t believe she’s wearing a Beto shirt and don’t even the know the governor???? Following the crowd

[@FireboltPrime]

A city-slicker for sure

[@arabellat5133]

She knew the senators in the other video at least.

[@AGJ117]

They keep the Maryland girl on purpose to troll with you all.

[@liviaward1936]

Ag Jr it was all filmed at once so they can’t find a new person 😬

[@h.b2774]

Right lol and people keep falling for it

[@user-tm7dq1pj8c]

This is actually a great representation of America right now: politically clueless

[@G60J60F80]

They all live, and probably vote, in NY though so...

[@yuropean_eunion2133]

@@G60J60F80 yeah, if you asked natives probably 90% of the people would know

[@donnaczech8725]

And that’s the way I like it

[@orginalchimp7963]

Not colorado

[@jacobwollam5835]

Not Nebraska

[@rickyngai7476]

Does the Maryland girl know anything bout her state?

[@EJAllen_23]

She does not

[@diannamallar1155]

She may be one of the ones that don't even live in her state anymore.

[@EJAllen_23]

@@diannamallar1155 I moved to North Dakota for school, but I can still answer these questions easily. Also she lives in PG County

[@tannerkautz6053]

Ricky Ngai NO

[@johnwhitfield8150]

Erik J Allen Wait you moved to one of the rural states for school reasons? Our state has the best public schools in the nation.

[@michellebarnes7327]

It’s not right that they are asking former residents of the states. If they haven’t lived in the area in a while, it is understandable they don’t know the current governors’ names. How often should someone living in New York be expected to be exposed to Pacific NW politics?

[@breezybearwaters]

to be fair i doubt most of them would be able to name the governor of the state they are living in either

[@minibagels]

@@breezybearwaters I wouldn't be surprised if they were in NYC, and if so, New York guy got it right.

[@glizzygobbler5086]

Hogan’s name is literally written all over Maryland

[@sydneykiefert94]

The Georgia guy needs to be changed! That was like the biggest governor race in the country and he has no idea who won?!?

[@kimwei7299]

EXACTLYYY

[@biddleeewho4181]

Take a look at the Maryland girl in EVERY OTHER VIDEO. At least the Georgia guy tries. Not even I know who the governor of Georgia is, and I live in Georgia.

[@biddleeewho4181]

@@taylorsv93 yeah. She thought Virgina was Maryland...

[@tayw9357]

I KNOWW

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Let me explain Georgia, if you are white you can be as dumb as you want to be, and that is how Brian Kemp won. Ga Tech had to dumb down classes so white people could get in, it used to be a really good education. Auburn in Alabama did the same thing a few years ago. Atlanta recently beat out Miami as the most unequal city in the country, white gotta white in these parts.

[@aw6805]

The governor in Md is literally mentioned everyday in the news._.

[@aw6805]

Sarah Taylor you right you right

[@UnidentifiedMorgue]

Alicia The Loser Bih who got time to watch the news?

[@scrappedaccount2120]

Alicia The Loser larry hogan

[@TheNerdess]

She is too busy eating her GUMBO.

[@niccolorichter1488]

What IS Md?

[@ssorayaya]

not knowing the governor's name but knowing what they're doing is honestly a vibe

[@DollFace5412]

Michigan girl: Michigan still has segregation, our best food is soul food, everyone talks in a valley girl voice, and I can’t be bothered to know who our governor is. If these people don’t know who their governor is, why would you think they are fit to represent their state?

[@randomperson-so4je]

Thank you

[@Man-ez5vy]

It’s like she hasn’t been anywhere out of Detroit or the other big cities

[@oliveranderson7264]

When did she say there was still segregation ?

[@Man-ez5vy]

@@oliveranderson7264 she brings it up in other videos

[@oliveranderson7264]

@@Man-ez5vy which ones

[@ezinwanwakama5057]

It's so sad that a lot of these people don't know who their state governor is!

[@cccorn835]

Ezinwa Nwakama Well to be fair, most of them probably currently live in New York so they’re probably following New York politics and not as much their hometowns

[@TheDel4873]

Mines John Carney

[@nathanharris8297]

How does the Maryland girl not know Hogan like everyone loves him here

[@LeeCDylan]

Credit where credit is due Colorado rep, you've started to redeem yourself with this one...

[@YouTube_gets_dumber_each_year]

Wth is wrong her neck?? She looked like a bobblehead doll.

[@benmiller5844]

The dog is the only reason I love her

[@Sam-eq6vs]

i don’t support the governor

[@jamiecaldwell35]

You don't know how happy I am that the Oklahoma representative is bitter that a man who has never even voted, is now in charge.

[@danielleciamei7113]

I actually laughed out loud when the Connecticut girl said Chris Murphy bc in NJ our governor used to be Chris Christie and now it’s Phil Murphy😂

[@berrryypie]

Legit half a second of the guy saying Phil Murphy

[@hovermo74]

Hey at least NJ guy finally knew something about the state

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@hovermo74 What do you mean "finally"? He got both senators and his representative correct.

[@havegottogitgud1864]

Named a Representative, two US Senators & the current Governor: NJ, NY Named a Representative, one US Senator & the current Governor: AL Named a Representative & two US Senators: TX Named two US Senators & the current Governor: CO, SD, OK Named a Representative & the current Governor: NC Named one US Senator & the current Governor: CA, IA, MT, RI Named two US Senators: KY, WI Named the current Governor: LA, OH, NE, WV Named one US Senator: CT, FL, ID, KS, MA, ME, MO, ND, VT Named a Representative: AK, SC, TN, WY Named none: AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, MS, NV, NM, OR, PA, UT, VI, WA Knew their US Representative: 9/50 = 18% Knew their Governor: 15/50 = 30% Knew at least one US Senator: 23/50 = 46% Knew both of their US Senators: 8/50 = 16% Knew nothing at all: 38%

[@matthewyothers2906]

Honestly, I would cut them some slack in those three videos, some states didn't know or follow any politics, and I don't blame them, not many people do that.

[@matthewyothers2906]

@HaveGotToGitGud Also, Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA, not VI.

[@moisesibarra]

Lol I watch now for the Maryland girl

[@kspresent]

The girl wearing a Beto shirt doesn’t know who the governor is??? Smh that’s pathetic

[@henrysimmons954]

kspresent spittin fax

[@yasgirlypop7]

Pathetic but not surprising lol

[@artieche9]

Domino Hurley Shut up.

[@skurinski]

typical demotard

[@ImNotElijah]

OKLAHOMA HAHAHA I love our rep ❤️

[@lindalopez4494]

Ok but almost everyone in Washington knows who the governor is since we always hear about it when he siad he didnt know I was so baffled lol

[@enclavevideo]

HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

[@elyse3682]

Thank you! He is so well known (at least in the state ig ) I was like wtf??

[@aria6725]

HEY! I SUGGESTED THAT IN THEIR LAST VIDEO! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@antoinettemorales7052]

Maryland Girl "OMG I'm so bad" hoNEY WE BEEN KNOWN

[@caprimariebeauty7712]

lmao pretty much

[@stephenpuls8839]

The Wisconsin guy responses to the politics questions are funny 😂

[@courteneyskye5690]

I like how the right answer was on the screen. It’s a lot better than the older videos without it

[@rossflair6057]

LOL at the girl in the Beto shirt who doesn’t know Greg Abbott. That’s an anti-endorsement. “Vote like me, cluelessly.”

[@addisonl9827]

Thankful they put NC first.. now i don’t have to watch the rest😂

[@Kerorofan1990]

I'd vote for a guy named Jim Justice. Awesome name.

[@writerbill1]

Sounds like a comic book vigilante, "In a world gone mad, one man will clean up the mean streets" 😄

[@Gleefull321]

He a billionaire

[@amandalaci8212]

@@writerbill1 he is trash lol

[@Blackbearswan]

Yeah he sucks 😭😂 but him names cool

[@MeMe-nb5ot]

Victoria he’s better then joe mansion

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

NY and NJ made me proud for knowing the governors. Not a fan of Cuomo but at least he knows who he is. At least he's trying to fix the MTA and Penn Station

[@xoxogarlicgirl]

Avery the Cuban-American lol the whole time I was anticipating it knowing that somehow NY & NJ would not disappoint me on this one!

[@markhenley3097]

And California too.

[@Ceerads]

It’s 2022 and Cuomo had to leave (unfortunately, as he was a great governor). Now we have Hochul, who’s good, too.

[@chillmemes5865]

@@CeeradsYou must really dislike people in nursing homes huh?

[@joshualee7460]

The Oklahoma woman is fed up😂

[@kileyrae91]

“I haven’t known the governor since it was Rick Perry... “ 😂 We’ve literally had the same governor since Perry retired five years ago.

[@jacobwhite5196]

Kiley Miller These people don’t live in these states

[@Ceerads]

And both were awful.

[@chillmemes5865]

@@CeeradsAbbott is based.

[@carolinethayer7932]

I’m 14 and know my state governor Edit: yay! My state got it right!😁

[@kutestsnails7331]

Lovebug Thayer Great job! Stay engaged! They all should’ve known their governors!

[@iceloracingnetwork9427]

Mine didn’t. :/

[@keelytouhey7467]

i'm 14 and know mine and my state was like "I dOn'T kNoW"

[@octopusofdestruction4064]

Hiw can you not know the governor of Kentucky? That's all I hear about, especially after Bevin calling a recount on Beshear.

[@JacksonBlackmon]

Being a Louisianan it seems like everyone in my state is pretty involved in local politics and I sort of figured it wouldn’t be too different in other states, but I guess I was wrong. Here the run-off between Edwards and Rispone was all you would hear about for about a month. Side note: pretty surprised the Washington state person couldn’t name Inslee since he was a presidential candidate

[@dsm72]

For Missouri I was gonna say Josh Hawley 😂🤣🤣 No, it's Mike Parson 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nocturnessb4314]

I think the most obvious ones that were missed, for various reasons, were probably Arizona, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, and Maryland.

[@crabbydabby9914]

Wisconsin was such a big ordeal about our Gov. surprised he didn’t know it

[@ejensen803]

tommi h bro fr, literally the first black lt governor too, like how clueless

[@crabbydabby9914]

e jensen Uh... our governor is a white old man... Tony Eavers.. last time i checked he’s a white dem unless he changed his race

[@ejensen803]

tommi h LMAOOO changed his race- nah, i mean Mandela Barnes, lt = lieutenant governor

[@crabbydabby9914]

honestly i didn’t know there were inferior governors to the old white ball sack tony, thank you for informing me

[@ejensen803]

tommi h lol no problem

[@Scalooosh1]

In alphabetical order by state: (Video order in description) Alabama 1:47 Alaska 2:21 2:25 Arizona 0:52 Arkansas 1:32 California 1:39 Colorado 0:41 Connecticut 2:02 Delaware 0:10 Florida 2:40 Georgia 0:54 Hawaii 2:38 Idaho 0:50 Illinois 1:09 Indiana 1:34 Iowa 1:51 Kansas 1:12 Kentucky 2:07 Louisiana 1:02 Maine 1:15 1:18 Maryland 2:45 Massachusetts 0:00 Michigan 1:05 Minnesota 0:09 Mississippi 0:03 0:07 Missouri 2:08 Montana 2:37 Nebraska 1:01 Nevada 1:17 1:26 New Hampshire 1:11 New Jersey 2:37 New Mexico 0:30 0:33 New York 1:42 North Carolina 0:05 0:17 North Dakota 0:02 Ohio 0:32 0:35 0:39 Oklahoma 1:43 Oregon 2:31 Pennsylvania 1:52 2:00 Rhose Island 0:38 South Carolina 2:24 2:26 South Dakota 2:35 Tennessee 2:47 2:53 Texas 2:27 Utah 2:43 Vermont 1:03 Virginia 0:56 Washington 1:57 West Virginia 0:58 Wisconsin 2:52 Wyoming 0:09

[@Scalooosh1]

Massachusetts 0:00 North Dakota 0:02 Mississippi 0:03 North Carolina 0:05 Mississippi 0:07 Wyoming 0:09 Minnesota 0:09 Delaware 0:10 North Carolina 0:17 New Mexico 0:30 Ohio 0:32 New Mexico 0:33 Ohio 0:35 Rhose Island 0:38 Ohio 0:39 Colorado 0:41 Idaho 0:50 Arizona 0:52 Georgia 0:54 Virginia 0:56 West Virginia 0:58 Nebraska 1:01 Louisiana 1:02 Vermont 1:03 Michigan 1:05 Illinois 1:09 New Hampshire 1:11 Kansas 1:12 Maine 1:15 Nevada 1:17 Maine 1:18 Nevada 1:26 Arkansas 1:32 Indiana 1:34 California 1:39 New York 1:42 Oklahoma 1:43 Alabama 1:47 Iowa 1:51 Pennsylvania 1:52 Washington 1:57 Pennsylvania 2:00 Connecticut 2:02 Kentucky 2:07 Missouri 2:08 Alaska 2:21 South Carolina 2:24 Alaska 2:25 South Carolina 2:26 Texas 2:27 Oregon 2:31 South Dakota 2:35 New Jersey 2:37 Montana 2:37 Hawaii 2:38 Florida 2:40 Utah 2:43 Maryland 2:45 Tennessee 2:47 Wisconsin 2:52 Tennessee 2:53

[@waterpanda0860]

Thank you!!!

[@Camerenreynolds]

Thank you so much!!!! Sorry for being three years late lol but thanks anyway

[@TimLi-1]

NJ never disappoints!

[@nickmedlin9040]

Where can I audition to be the new Maryland person cuz this is disgraceful

[@melanielicwinko7116]

This is my periodic reminder that I am available at any time to take over for CT.

[@zidanetan9163]

its that guy that is always shirtless in epicurious' videos!

[@eleanor8445]

0:28 is me trying to remember someone’s name 😂

[@lindsaywollenberg879]

LOL @ Oklahoma... we just winging it over here.

[@kyleclare8570]

If Illinois would’ve watched KZbin for five seconds during election season, he would’ve known the name JB Pritzker

[@joezegers]

For those who were wondering what the Connecticut lady was thinking, Chris Murphy is one of Connecticut’s U.S. Senators (the other one is Richard Blumenthal)

[@katherinecraig618]

The Oklahoma rep makes me so happy

[@mylescreed3856]

Nobody: Everybody: I don’t know my state’s governor. 🤷‍♂️

[@rosacuccia3737]

1:05 How did you not know the governor of Michigan is Gretchen Whitmer. Her commercials we're everywhere about fixing the *beep* roads

[@blippy117]

i got the vibes the south dakota woman would know fr 😳👌

[@oksharks358]

When your so early there’s no timestamps

[@dznlxy606]

The South Dakota representative is commendable, almost throughout this video series.

[@featherweldon3632]

OHIO GIRL GOT ONE RIGHT! I’m so proud 😭💕

[@meraki3861]

David Ige was on the news for a superrr long time after that whole missile stuff and your telling me you thought the governor was Mazie Hirono? I can’t.

[@yokoshenron]

These people are hilarious😂😂

[@chayn9721]

GET A NEW TEXAS NATIVE! You should not be wearing a Texas campaign shirt and come off as politically informed, but yet not know who the governor is. Her accent is not a Texan one, and she seems confined to the Austin area. Please, no more.

[@ricky99la]

100% Agree

[@alexjane5708]

Austin is yucky

[@arianagarza2641]

Agreed..

[@rocket1399]

in case you didn't know, Austin is part of Texas

[@alexjane5708]

Rocket 13 yep, I just don’t like Austin, Texas. Meant what I said

[@saratitus6978]

2:26. Not a true Texan, your Texan card has been revoked. GREG. FREAKING. ABBOTT.

[@rindy1020]

Plz do a national parks one

[@chelsey8737]

Phew I was worried the cal guy wouldn't get it 😂😂 Newsome is all over the place right now it would be so sad if he didn't get it

[@noahg5139]

lol i'm fourteen and even i can tell you my governor

[@IdleDeathGambling]

love the Colorado ladys doggo

[@YourHighwayInTheSky]

NORTH CAROLINA guy is so cute wtf

[@morgank.3362]

With the corona virus and all it’s updates, everyone in WA and their dogs know it’s Jay Inslee

[@FolsomC]

I"m pretty sure the Oregon guy lived in Portland for 2 weeks and then moved away, since it seems that's about the extent of his knowledge of Oregon.

[@hannahfoster13]

ok the Kentucky girl just really doesn’t pay attention lmaooo how do you not know what’s happening with Bevin

[@liamhinson501]

Fun fact Pat McCrory, the former Governor of North Carolina is my neighbor and I’ve known him since he was the Mayor of Charlotte :)

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

0:00 what is wrong with you!? He only was on TV for the huge blizzard we had in 2015!

[@z.eekayy]

2:32 Hey, I know that guy... Name sounds familiar...

[@Harry-om5lm]

Wow, it’s Bill Lee! You’ve let us Tennesseeans down

[@ladybug193210]

the NJ guy got Murphey so fast,,,, it takes a minute for me not to say Chris Christie

[@jacob_hi]

This blows my mind.

[@TheLumpyShield]

I don't even blame them, politics is such a headache rn most people just try not to mess with it.

[@satjyotsahota]

The fact that the Washington guy didn’t know it was Jay Inslee 😭😭

[@unusabletmx]

HAWAII YOU LET US DOWN!!!!!!!

[@stevencarbone6867]

i dont even live in pennsylvania and i never have and i knew that it was tom wolf (i live in western new york so pennsylvania is around alot in our news)

[@samara7882]

love how delaware wasn’t even in the video ✨

[@korkle2611]

0:10

[@jalabi99]

2:42 My girl straight Mariah Carey'd her governor, this is hilarious

[@deathbeforedecaf7755]

I know the governor of WI!! Smh, how does he not know? Tony Evers!!!

[@juliadegroat7407]

with our current situation in hawaii she doesn’t even know who it is 🤣😭

[@ky_piece]

Tony Evers is the only governor I’ve actually liked in my state 😂

[@alekascellar]

tony evers is a cool dude

[@yaj1v]

Definitely better then Scott.

[@ragingangel13]

Everybody in NJ know the governor Obviously Chris Murphy

[@theresabendell9485]

I cannot believe SO many people do not know the governor of their state! How embarrassing and sad😔 I live in CT and our governor is Ned Lamont. The person in the video said she thinks it's Chris Murphy. He's a senator. 🤦‍♀️

[@benji9058]

We need a new one for Florida jesus. >:( it was so insane cause rick Scott finally left office. For better or worse I don’t know.

[@utplagal]

Rob DeSantis is just more of the same. But now Rick Scott is in the Senate which makes me cringe. For most things I don't mind FL girl, but this and the representative video made me facepalm at her so hard.

[@molly-ps2nc]

is kentucky’s right? they just elected andy bershear. i know he technically doesn’t take office until january but they have other ones where they include newly-elected governors.

[@rileykunath1165]

Why does Maryland always get only 2 seconds on these

[@PG13hockeyman]

Minnesota: Tim Walz

[@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz]

Yep. But our representative on here never knows anything.

[@ajlee4887]

1:43 the absolute shade

[@carlyporter3399]

Wooohoo love these. Videos where’s my iowans

[@royalleftist]

I don't live in Washington but I knew. And the Washington rep did not know. And wow Hawaii. Wow.

[@soapaku9356]

*Florida woman disappoints me.* -we've been through enough hurricanes to hear his usual preparation message and see his name so uhh--

[@TheWinterStorm]

I forgot all about Pat McCrory but he was right. Most of us just say Roy to reference him.

[@yasminenormal6870]

good vidéo

[@elyse3682]

Oh Washington😭 this one was so easy too

[@aliciaofalaska4974]

Surprised Alaska didn’t know it’s Mike Dunleavy, there is a petition right now to recall him because a ton of people hate what he is doing.

[@kutestsnails7331]

YALL! I knew at least half of your governors! Aye.

[@Josh-kb5ox]

I’m ten and I know the governed of my state lol 😂

[@AbbyGoose]

I’m surprised the georgia guy didn’t know that the governor was kemp considering that his ads were caricatures of conservatives (but hysterical might I add)

[@delaformosa]

Does anyone else find that the West Virgina guy gives down to earth vibes?

[@adamslater7486]

I would be glad to represent Utah. I don't look as trendy as all the people you have on here, but I would get the questions right.