Public Policy Polling’s newest surveys in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin finds voters think their Governors are doing a much better job of handling the coronavirus than Donald Trump:

-On average the Governors’ net approval for their handling of the virus are 32 points better than Trump’s. The Governors average a +27 approval for it at 58/31, while Trump gets an average -5 rating with only 45% approving and 50% disapproving of the job he’s doing handling the virus:

State Governor Approval Trump Approval Net Difference Michigan 57/37 (+20) 44/51 (-7) 27 North Carolina 62/22 (+40) 46/49 (-3) 43 Pennsylvania 59/29 (+30) 44/52 (-8) 38 Wisconsin 53/37 (+16) 45/48 (-3) 19

-On the head to head question of who voters trust more to protect their state from the coronavirus, the Governors on average beat Trump out by 21 points at 57-36:

State Trust More to Protect State from Virus Michigan Whitmer 57-37 North Carolina Cooper 58-33 Pennsylvania Wolf 58-35 Wisconsin Evers 54-39

-On the question of who voters trust more to decide when to reopen their state the Governors lead Trump by an even wider average margin of 28 points at 61-33:

State Trust More to Reopen State Michigan Whitmer 61-34 North Carolina Cooper 62-29 Pennsylvania Wolf 62-32 Wisconsin Evers 56-36

The survey also finds that battleground state voters think social distancing measures need to stay in place and take a dim view of the protesters pushing for the country to immediately reopen:

–On average only 19% of voters think social distancing measures should be relaxed with 54% believing that the current policies are correct and 26% supporting more aggressive measures than the ones already in place:

State Social Distancing Measures Should Be Relaxed We Are Currently Doing The Right Thing More Aggressive Measures Are Needed Michigan 18 57 24 North Carolina 16 52 28 Pennsylvania 17 54 27 Wisconsin 23 53 21

–Even among Trump voters only 34% think social distancing measures should be relaxed to 63% who think either the status quo or more aggressive measures would be the right approach:

State Social Distancing Measures Should Be Relaxed We Are Currently Doing The Right Thing More Aggressive Measures Are Needed Michigan 36 53 10 North Carolina 28 56 13 Pennsylvania 32 50 15 Wisconsin 40 48 8

–Only 21% of voters say they support the protests to immediately lift restrictions, compared to 67% of voters who say they oppose them:

State Support/Oppose Protesters Who Want To Immediately Re-Open The Country Michigan 21% support, 66% oppose North Carolina 19% support, 69% oppose Pennsylvania 21% support, 70% oppose Wisconsin 24% support, 64% oppose

-By a 20 point margin, 56/36, voters say they’re more worried about they or someone in their family getting sick from the virus than they are about the economic impact it’s having on their family:

State More Worried About You Or Someone In Family Getting Sick More Worried About Economic Impact On Your Family Michigan 59 33 North Carolina 55 35 Pennsylvania 57 36 Wisconsin 52 38

Trump won all of these states in 2016 but is now under water on his approval rating in all of them by anywhere from a net -5 to -9 spread:

State Trump Approval Michigan 45% approve, 52% disapprove (-7) North Carolina 45% approve, 50% disapprove (-5) Pennsylvania 44% approve, 53% disapprove (-9) Wisconsin 45% approve, 50% disapprove (-5)

Trump also trails Joe Biden by anywhere from 3 to 7 points in each of the states:

State Biden vs. Trump Michigan Biden 51, Trump 44 (+7) North Carolina Biden 49, Trump 46 (+3) Pennsylvania Biden 51, Trump 44 (+7) Wisconsin Biden 50, Trump 45(+5)

PPP surveyed 1,277 Michigan voters on April 20th and 21st and the margin of error is +/-2.7%. Full results here

PPP surveyed 1,275 North Carolina voters on April 20th and 21st and the margin of error is +/-2.7%. Full results here

PPP surveyed 1,251 Pennsylvania voters on April 20th and 21st and the margin of error is +/-2.8% Full results here

PPP surveyed 1,415 Wisconsin voters on April 20th and the margin of error is +/-2.6% Full results here