This is an hour. We are going to go ahead and get started. I really want to thank you folks are coming. This is terrific. Welcome to the 2017 state of the states. I am scott patterson, director of the National Governors association. I have a couple of things to mention, and then i will introduce our very distinguished panel, which we are thrilled to hear from. The first thing is i want to introduce our new nga logo. We are excited about it here on the podium. The other thing, i think it is really critical to know that right after the election as everyone knows, we have been in a fairly multiyear period of significant partisanship. So the National Governors association went out and polled 1000 american voters. We used frank muntz of muntz global partners. He is here for anyone who would like to talk to him after this event. We found some significantly interesting things in this poll. The first was in an era of distrust of many politicians, Americans Trust their governor more than any ot
We are going to go ahead and get started. I really want to thank you folks are coming. For coming. This is terrific. Welcome to the 2017 state of the states. I am scott patterson, director of the National Governors association. Have a few things to mention and then i will introduce our very distinguished panel. The first thing, i want to introduce our new nga logo. We are very excited about it. The other thing i want to tell folks about, because i think it is really critical to know, right after the election and as everybody knows, we have been in a fairly multiyear period partisanship. The Governors Association went olled 1000 american voters. We used frank muntz of muntz global partners. We found some interesting things in this poll. In an era of distrust of many politicians, Americans Trust their governor more than any other elected official. On most issues, Americans Trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. Voters were more optimistic about their states
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