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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGov. DeSantis' Net Approval Rating Drops 14 Points Amid Covid Spike, Poll Finds
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/09/02/gov-desantis-net-approval-rating-drops-14-points-amid-covid-spike-poll-finds/?sh=154472561117Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas have seen their approval ratings dip amid an alarming rise of Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations in both states over the past two months, with an increasing number of voters, particularly independents, saying they disapprove of DeSantis and Abbotts performance, according to a Morning Consult poll released Thursday.
KEY FACTS:
In Morning Consult polling that concluded on July 1, only 38% of independent voters said they disapproved of DeSantis job performance, yet in polling conducted August 21 to August 30, that number had spiked to 51%.
DeSantis still has strong support among the GOP base, with more than four in five Florida Republicans saying they still approve of the governor, although that number dipped slightly since the beginning of July, from 87% to 83%.
Among all voters, DeSantis net approval rating has plunged 14 percentage points over the past two months.
In Texas, 48% of independent voters said they disapproved of Abbot in early July, but that number has now risen to 54%. Abbots net approval rating has decreased by 7% overall, but his approval rate among Republicans dropped just one percentage point.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)GTFO!
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)without ever actually saying what the number is. What a bunch of idiots.
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)I had to click on another link within the link and then had to read almost to the end of that link to get the number.
TheRickles
(2,000 posts)USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)TheRickles
(2,000 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)Eff DeathSentence!
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)Is that elections are base elections they can do stupid shit and their base will still come out in big numbers and for vote them
PortTack
(32,606 posts)sop
(9,946 posts)They've done everything possible to make sure Democrats who wouldn't vote for them can't vote now. Voter suppression and laws to nullify results will ensure these disapproval numbers don't matter in coming general elections.
Lovie777
(11,992 posts)even the semi sane from their cult will vote against them.
The Abortion issue in Texas got many upon many truly pissed. DeSantis want what Abbot did.
sop
(9,946 posts)sanctimoniously proclaiming it's all about "protecting the unborn." Florida's American Taliban will love him for it. Meanwhile, Abbott and DeSantis are doing everything they can to kill children in our schools.
Cha
(295,926 posts)Rstrstx
(1,393 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)That explains the 1 or 2% drop in support for these assholes.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)they talk to people who will pick up the damn phone !
GusBob
(7,286 posts)The positive approval people are turning positive and positively dying
talk about skewing a poll
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)No way he'd get the same kind of support if this was before the internet.
Don't get me wrong, I love having that kind of information/entertainment access at my fingertips. But in the "old days" you would not have any alternative when it came to finding out what is in the news, and how it is presented. The only 3 networks were much more beholden to not only present the facts, but were competing to be the first to report those facts. (For me, it was more about what facts and stories they chose to report on , on which they were told to ignore)
We now have a whole generation brought up on being able to only hear and read stories that fit their political or religious ideals. With all kinds of competent hosts that have great oratory skills and sound plausible on the air. Most Republicans now would NEVER stop their TV remote on CNN or MSNBC. These are evil fake news channels that hate America.
They listen to RW hate radio, Fox News, and now OAN, and Newsmax exclusively for their TV news. And their YouTube algorithms have long ago been crafted to feed them increasingly radical extremist conspiracies scaring them about every single Democrat initiative, even if it personally benefits them.
LenaBaby61
(6,965 posts)And even though DeathSentence/Abbott are sociopaths and murders with covid-19, BOTH will most certainly have 'help' in making sure they have all of the important numbers they need to win both governorship's in their states. Now, if the so-called liberal media/press that doesn't exist beat up on them as much as they've lied on and beaten up on Pres. Biden whose poll numbers are dropping like a load stone with almost everyone but African-Americans due to all of the lies and misrepresentations of what happened over in Afghanistan, thanks to the corporate and never liberal press/media.
Ka-Dinh Oy
(11,686 posts)You would think it would be a lot more.