Republican governors are more popular according to Poll.

[AgnosticBoy]

According to a Newsweek article, 14 of the 16 most popular governors are Republicans. Here's some context.

The Morning Consult poll released Thursday found that of the 16 most popular governors in America, 14 of them are Republicans.

GOP governors leading Democratic-leaning states earned especially high approval ratings. Four Republicans in states won by President Joe Biden in 2020 top the list.

Governors Phil Scott of Vermont, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Larry Hogan of Maryland all have an approval rating of above 70 percent, the poll found. Biden easily won those three states with at least 65 percent of the vote.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has an approval rating of 67 percent in a state Biden won by about seven points, according to the poll.

Easley warned against drawing too many conclusions about the 2022 midterm elections from the poll, noting that congressional elections are tied to national issues, while gubernatorial races often focus on local issues.

"The vast majority of these folks are over 50 percent, and I think that's largely a function of state and local politics generally being far less divisive and toxic than our national political scene," he said. "When you're talking about the midterm elections, you're much more tied closely to that kind of national dynamic than that state level dynamic."

For Debate:
1. Do you prefer Republican governor over a Democrat one? Feel free to explain why.
2. Why are Republican governors more popular?

*Keep in mind that there are more Republican governors than Democrat governors so we should expect for Republican governors to take up more of the poll than Democrats. In terms of the number of US governors, Republicans lead Democrats by 6 (i.e. there are 28 Republican governors and 22 Democrat governors according Rutgers). That's a small advantage, and not enough to account for the large percentage gap for governor job approval (in a top 10 popular governors list, 9 are Republicans; if we go top 20 list then 15 on that list are Republicans).