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Charlie Baker’s Approval Rating Still High, Poll Shows

April 1, 2021

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s approval rating is high in the most recent public opinion poll.

A Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll released this week found that 67 percent of Bay Staters approve of the job that Governor Baker is doing while 71 percent say they approve of the way he has handled the coronavirus pandemic. Conversely, 23 percent disapprove of his job performance as governor while 22 percent disapprove of his handline of the pandemic.

Baker’s lowest mark, however, comes in the public’s opinion of his handling of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. While 58 percent say they approve of it, 31 percent say they do not.