Raimondo Drops in New Poll — Favorability Now 40%

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Raimondo Drops in New Poll — Favorability Now 40%

Raimondo's polling numbers fall
National polling firm Morning Consult’s new polling numbers were released Thursday morning and the numbers show RI Governor Gina Raimondo losing support.

Her approval number is now just 40 percent and is one of the lowest of any governor in America.

Despite low unemployment and a strong national economy, Raimondo’s approval rating is the 9th worst of any governor in America.

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Her disapproval rating of 47% also ranks amongst the worst — most of those governors are not running for re-election or in the case of Chris Christie of New Jersey have already left office.

In last quarter’s report, Raimondo was 41 percent approval and 47 percent disapproval.

The Morning Consult numbers are similar to polling commissioned by GoLocalProv and conducted by Harvard’s John Della Volpe.

Would you say that Gina Raimondo has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Governor?

Excellent: 6%
Good: 28%
Fair: 30%
Poor: 31%
Never heard of: 1%
Cannot rate: 3%

Top in the nation was Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. His approval rating stands at 69 percent.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott came in at 63 percent approval rate.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu scored a 58 percent approval rating. And even Maine’s highly controversial Paul LePage scored higher than Raimondo at 42 percent approval.

The only New England governor lower ranked than Raimondo is Connecticut’s Ban Malloy at 23 percent — the second lowest in the nation after the already departed Christie.


GoLocal: Benchmark Poll, October 2017

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