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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
MORE TOUGH NUMBERS FOR BAKER Gov. Charlie Baker s falling approval rating continues to raise eyebrows.
The governor s overall approval has dropped by 26 percentage points since August, according to a UMass Amherst poll released Monday. That s on top of a portion of the same poll that showed shrinking approval for how Baker is handling the coronavirus pandemic, which Playbook noted yesterday.
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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Monday!
BAKER S POPULARITY SAGS It looks like Gov. Charlie Baker s approval rating took a hit during the coronavirus pandemic.
The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine at the beginning of the year, in particular, hurt the governor s standing among residents. An
online survey from three universities Harvard, Northeastern and Rutgers showed Baker s approval rating for how he handled the pandemic dropped by 21 percentage points. Baker s
approval rating was at about 80 percent in April of last year, and by this February had gradually declined to 59 percent.
That tracks with a UMass Amherst poll
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