Andrew Cuomo's approval rating has surged beyond 80 percent. New York is the global epicenter for COVID-19 and there's little the government did well to contain the virus in its early stages. 20,000+ people have died. It is truly one of the most remarkable PR coups of all-time.
It's a dark lesson for future executives. You can be as incompetent as you want to be, as long as your performance pleases media outlets and you win the hearts of cable TV pundits and personalities. It also helps to have yourself compared to Donald Trump and Bill de Blasio.
I do an occasional newsletter and I'll probably be rounding up a lot of my reporting on Cuomo over the last month+, if anyone is interested. If you want to sign up, DM your email over and you'll be added.
NEW from me: Andrew Cuomo and the State Attorney General's Office launched a joint investigation into nursing homes, where 5,000 people have already died from COVID-19 in New York alone.
Advocates are worried Cuomo will compromise it.
gothamist.com/news/cuomos-nu…
Advocates are worried Cuomo will compromise it.
gothamist.com/news/cuomos-nu…
On Cuomo and popularity, my theories:
1) Executives across the board are very popular. NJ and Conn governors have high approval ratings too. Crises generally boost popularity
2) Cuomo is in the media capital
3) TV Journalism/punditry (and some newspapering) is quite shallow
1) Executives across the board are very popular. NJ and Conn governors have high approval ratings too. Crises generally boost popularity
2) Cuomo is in the media capital
3) TV Journalism/punditry (and some newspapering) is quite shallow
4) Cuomo *is* good at TV, compared to Trump and de Blasio, at least. Shines through comparison.
For those interested, the next edition of the newsletter will go out on Monday! It doesn't run terribly often but I will use it as an opportunity to share the reporting I've done on Cuomo - a lot of articles - and my thoughts on him in general. I've covered him since 2012.
