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Evers Job Approval Through the Roof
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | April 1, 2020
From WisPolitics.com …
Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approve of the way Gov. Tony Evers has handled the COVID-19 pandemic, helping fuel higher overall job approval numbers, according to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll.
Meanwhile, a narrow majority of voters approve of how President Trump has addressed the outbreak. But that hasn’t had a significant impact on either Trump’s overall job approval rating in Wisconsin or on the numbers in the horse race for president.
Today’s release included a focus on the coronavirus pandemic, finding 76 percent of voters approve of how Evers has handled the situation, while just 17 percent disapproved.
That helped fuel a surge in Evers’ overall job approval numbers. Sixty-five percent of voters approve of the Dem guv’s performance, while 29 percent disapprove. That’s up from a 51-38 split in February.
Evers issued a series of orders on social distancing before issuing a stay-at-home directive last week just before the poll went into the field. The survey found 86 percent support government action to close schools and businesses, along with restricting public gatherings. Ten percent said such moves were an overreaction.
Polling nationally has found governors generally getting better marks on their handling of the pandemic than the president, and that was true in the Marquette poll as well.
Fifty-one percent of voters approve of Trump’s handling of the outbreak, while 46 percent disapprove.
Overall, 48 percent approve of his job performance, while 49 percent disapprove, compared to a 48-48 split in February.
The survey also found 61 percent say the state is headed in the right direction, while 30 percent said it was on the wrong track. That’s up from 52-39 last month, and could be a reflection of the positive reaction to the measures taken to confront COVID-19, according to the poll release.
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