This is so backwards and very indicative of how terrible media coverage of COVID-19 has been.
8 out of Govs w/ the top 10 approvals have a Covid death rate above 60 per 100k. The other 2 are Republicans.
Only 2 out of Govs w/ the bottom 10 approvals have a Covid death rate above 60 per 100K. Only 1 Dem in the group, Hawaii's Ige.
Speaks volumes about the coverage.
The media consistently rewarded Governors that failed to protect at-risk constituents because they were juxtaposed against Trump. Meanwhile, they punished Governors that performed much better at protecting their most vulnerable populations because they had an R by their name.
The result is that the public is so misinformed that the Governor of a state where 180 people per 100K died due to Covid-19 has double the approval ratings on handling Covid-19 compared to a Governor where Covid-19 took 50 people per 100K.
*Hogan is a Republican. That was a typo in Table 1.
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