Posted on 03/25/2021 3:08:47 AM PDT by cotton1706
Wildly unpopular in Massachusetts, Trump served as a foil for Baker, who was able to establish his own political independence — and win over Democratic constituents — by frequently criticizing his fellow Republican.
Baker isn’t the only blue-state Republican governor who’s seen his popularity dented by coronavirus fatigue and Trump’s absence from the news cycle. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott — two other Trump critics who have long rated among the most popular governors in the nation — have also seen their numbers dip in the post-Trump era.
"If you happen to be a Republican governor, and you're sort of disagreeing with Trump, you're likely to be really, really popular among the other side, much more so than if you were agreeing with the main party. So I think that goes a long way to explaining it," said Matthew Baum, a researcher on the Covid States Project. Between their moderate politics and Trump-resistant stances, the three governors have actually managed to become more popular with Democratic voters than Republicans.
Seventy-three percent of Democrats approved of Scott's job performance in September, compared to just 65 percent of Republicans, according to a VPR-Vermont PBS poll. In Maryland, a March Goucher College poll reported Hogan’s approval rating among Democrats at 81 percent, compared to just 65 percent among Republicans.
"There's nobody a Democrat loves more than a Republican criticizing Trump," said pollster Rich Clark of Vermont’s Castleton University.
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I live in MA. Baker has been simply AWFUL! But he thinks he's been great. And all his liberal friends have told him he's been great.
But they'll soon learn that without all those icky conservatives, their voters are democrats...who will vote for the democrat.
I’ve read a little about Phil Scott in Vermont. This is the person who did the big gesture and brought in gun control legislation there in the wake of the Parkland shooting and the discovery of a local youth’s plot to do a similar thing in that state. I recall a movement afoot there to primary him and bring in someone far more pro gun as his replacement on the Republican ticket.
Bye bye RINO.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
You always find a dead skunk in the middle of the road.
Trump may be gone, but Cruz is still there, go bitch at Cruz if you need ‘popularity points’ so badly.
Women in Massachusetts are as pitiful a voting bloc as exists. They are hateful, self-centered, self-righteous and unwise to what is unfolding in the country and world. They truly live an insular life. Men are closer to 50/50 but too many believe their union leaders and as such vote left of center even those who may agree with us on some issues. Then you have younger people, not the wisest group, and shall we say newcomers and that explains much of Massachusetts’ plight. Ignorance is bliss should be the state’s motto.
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