In a first, the 10 most popular governors were all Republicans, according to Morning Consult. The most popular governor in the country was Massachusetts’s Republican Governor Charlie Baker (71 percent approve, 17 percent disapprove in a heavily “blue” state). Runnerup was Maryland’s GOP Governor Larry Hogan (68 percent approve, 16 percent disapprove in another “blue” state); Wyoming’s Republican Governor Matt Mead (67 percent approve, 15 percent disapprove); North Dakota’s Republican Governor Doug Burgum (66 percent approve, 15 percent disapprove); and South Dakota’s Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard (65 percent approve, 25 percent disapprove).
The survey polled 195,704 registered voters nationally online over more than a three-month period. Survey respondents were assigned to their appropriate governor based on their state of residence.The number of Michigan voters polled was 7,220. The margin of error in the Michigan portion of the survey was plus or minus 1 percentage point.
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