SANTA FE – At a rate of two to one, the New Mexico electorate will most likely approve how Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is handling the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new ballot through the newspaper.
60% of respondents said they approved of their response, while only 32% disapproved of it, a vacuum fueled by large voters who identify as liberal or moderate. The others had combined emotions or were unwilling to speak.
President Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been rated with a decline through voters probably from New Mexico. The newspaper’s survey found that 36% of respondents approve of their control of the COVID-19 pandemic and 55% disapprove of it.
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, has aggressively confronted the pandemic this year with industry restrictions, a masking order, and nearly 40 trips, sparking legal battles and opposition from Republican leaders.
Former Health State Secretary Lujan Grisham has continually pleaded with New Mexicoans to stay at home as much as possible to restrict the spread of the deadly disease, and at weekly press conferences, she has infrequently rebuked others for not dressing in a mask in public.
Brian Sanderoff, research president
“These restrictions have had a massive effect in New Mexico, especially on our small businesses and restaurants,” he said in an interview. “Despite all this, a majority of the electorate approves of their management of the pandemic, demonstrating that others people are actually involved in their physical condition and the protection of their families.
The Democratic and Republican electorate had other perspectives on the governor’s reaction to the pandemic: the newspaper ballot shows that 84% of Democrats approved their handling of the disease, while 10% passed it, an extension of 74 points.
Republicans were more divided, but overwhelmingly disapproved of their reaction, with only 28% and 63% opposition, a 35-point gap.
The prospects of the independent electorate were more in line with the electorate as a whole, with 58% approving control of the pandemic by the governor and 31% disapproving of it.
Sanderoff said the blanket approval might not reflect the intensity of people’s feelings.
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“Only a third of the New Mexico electorate disapproves of the governor’s handling of the pandemic,” he said, “but many of those other people have very strong emotions about the restrictions imposed through the governor. “
The survey shows significant differences between regions. Most of the electorate in the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque, Las Cruces and southwestern New Mexico and the north-central component of the state approved control of the pandemic by Lujan Grisham.
But the electorate was divided into northwestern New Mexico, with forward disapproval by 1 point.
In east New Mexico, most of the electorate de-approved the governor’s response.
Trump’s handling of the pandemic triggered a very different response.
The president, a Republican who has sometimes minimized the risk of the virus and optimism about the option of new remedies and vaccines, is gaining strong approval among Republican, Conservative and Eastern voters.
And in the northwestern state, more electorate approves that it disapproves of Trump’s reaction to the pandemic.
Instead, its functionality was rejected through liberals, moderates, Democrats and independents. Voters in the Albuquerque region and north-central New Mexico were the most common to disapprove of Trump’s handling of the pandemic.
“The governor and the president have other general philosophies on this issue,” Sanderoff said, “and have approached pandemic control in many other ways. “
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The Journal’s ballot is based on a state clinical pattern of 457 voters probably in general elections that also voted in the 2016 and 2018 general elections, or both.
The survey conducted from 26 August to 2 September, the electorate pattern has a margin of error of about 4. 6 percentage points. The margin of error increases for subsections.
All interviews were conducted live through professional researchers, with several reminders to families who had not responded first over the phone.
Cell phone numbers were used (74%) landlines (26%) voters are more likely in the general election.
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