Governors Who Took Strict Measures on Virus Fare Better

Amber Phillips: “A look at recent polling of nine governors — five Republicans and four Democrats from states that are polled frequently because they will likely be determinative in the 2020 election — shows that the governors who instituted face mask requirements, urged social distancing and reopened more slowly than other states have seen a jump in their approval ratings.”

“By contrast, the governors who eschewed public health experts’ advice and reopened quickly — as President Trump urged — have seen their approval ratings drop, by double digits in some cases.”