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Not so with Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
But the Post drilled down further — pulling out specific numbers for the 12 states where they had “sample sizes large enough to break down results.” And it’s there where you see how poorly Kemp’s performance is regarded by Georgians.
Eleven of the 12 governors in the states with large enough samples to offer statistically sound conclusions — California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia — saw a majority of their constituents approving of the job they had done on the virus. (Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had the highest approval ratings at 86% and 81%, respectively.)
Who was the one exception? Kemp. And his numbers were disastrously bad: 39% approved of the job he was doing while 61% disapproved. The second worst rating? Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at 57% approve/41% disapprove.
That’s stunning. In a moment in which governors are looking like the most popular politicians around, Kemp can’t even get 4 in 10 Georgians to say he is doing a good job in responding to the coronavirus. (Reminder: Donald Trump won Georgia by 5 points in 2016.)
What happened?
Well, Kemp drew negative attention both for how he shut down his state and how he decided to open it back up.
“Finding out that this virus is now transmitting before people see signs, so what we’ve been telling people from directives from the CDC for weeks now that if you start feeling bad, stay home … those individuals could’ve been infecting people before they ever felt bad. But we didn’t know that until the last 24 hours.”
Uh, what? Asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus — you can pass along the virus without showing any signs you have it — had been a well-known reality for weeks when Kemp said that.
So, bad start.
“I told the governor of Georgia Brian Kemp that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines for the incredible people of Georgia,” Trump told the media the day before the reopening began.
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