81% of New York residents approve of Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the coronavirusAccording to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll:
- 43% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling the coronavirus. 56% disapprove.
- 71% of Americans approve of how their state’s governor is handling the coronavirus. 27% disapprove
- 42% of Americans believe that Trump is doing enough to ensure more people can return to work safely. 57% believe he is not doing enough.
- 69% of Americans believe that their state’s governor is doing enough to ensure more people can return to work safely. 31% believe that their state’s governor is not doing enough.
- 84% of Americans believe that their governor is either lifting of stay-at-home restrictions too quickly (28%) or handling the lifting of stay-at-home activities in a fashion that is “about right” (56%).
- 74% of Americans believe that “The U.S. should keep trying to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even if that means keeping many businesses closed.”
- How are laid-off workers and those who leave home to go to work finding aid: 61% are getting a relief payment or check from the federal government. (38% have not yet received such aid). 26% are getting help from their families. 23% are getting unemployment assistance. 14% are getting food stamps. Only 6% is getting help from a charity or religious group.
Governors: (I have added the percentage of votes these governors received in the last gubernatorial election).
- 86% of Ohio residents approve of Republican Mike DeWine’s handling of the coronavirus. (DeWine received 50.4% of the vote in the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election).
- 81% of New York residents approve of Democrat Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the coronavirus. (Cuomo received 59% of the vote in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election).
- 79% of California residents approve of Democrat Gavin Newsom’s handling of the coronavirus. (Newsom received 61.9% of the vote in the 2018 California gubernatorial election).
- 78% of Virginia residents approve of Democrat Ralph Northam’s handling of the coronavirus. (Northam received 53.9% of the vote in the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election).
- 77% of New Jersey residents approve of Democrat Phil Murphy’s handling of the coronavirus. (Murphy received 56% of the vote in the 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election).
- 74% of North Carolina residents approve of Democrat Roy Cooper’s handling of the coronavirus. (Cooper received 49% of the vote in the 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election).
- 72% of Michigan residents approve of Democrat Gretchen Whitmer’s handling of the coronavirus. (Whitmer received 53.3% of the vote in the 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election).
- 72% of Pennsylvania residents approve of Democrat Tom Wolf’s handling of the coronavirus (Tom Wolfe received 57.8 of the vote in the 2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election).
- 71% of Illinois residents approve of Democrat J.B. Pritzker’s handling of the coronavirus. (Pritzker received 54.5% of the vote in the 2018 Illinois gubernatoral election).
- 60% of Florida residents approve of Republican Ron DeSantis’s handling of the coronavirus. (DeSantis received 49.6% of the vote in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election).
- 57% of Texas residents approve of Republican Greg Abbott’s handling of the coronavirus. (Abbott received 55.8% of the vote in the 2018 Texas gubernatorial election).
- 39% of Georgia residents approve of Republican Brian Kemp’s handling of the coronavirus. (Kemp received 50.2% of the vote in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election).
Some conclusions:
- People trust their governors more than they trust Trump
- Most Americans are getting relief from the federal government. Very few are getting relief from churches and charities.
- Most Americans would rather stay-at-home longer if “opening-up” will cause continued spread of the virus.
- The governors Trump has recently criticized (Whitmer and Wolf especially) have huge support among the people of their states.
- Most governors (with the exceptions of Abbott and Kemp) have approval ratings well-above the percentage of votes they received in their last election victory. I know this is not a perfect comparison, but it does seem to suggest that these governors are winning the support of residents who did not vote for them in the last gubernatorial election.
