A new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll finds Americans have significantly more confidence in their governors than in President Trump when it comes to handling the coronavirus.
Key findings: “Forty-three percent of respondents approve of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, while 55% disapprove. That’s compared to 60% of Americans who say they approve of how their governors are handling the response and just 37% who said they disapprove.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
