More Americans approve of how their governors are handling the coronavirus than President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE, according to a new poll.

The Monmouth University poll found 50 percent of respondents think Trump is doing a good job of handling the virus, but state governors get even stronger marks.

Seventy-two percent of Americans polled said their state’s governor is doing a good job responding to the virus, the Monmouth University poll released Monday found. Just 18 percent said their governor is doing a bad job.

ADVERTISEMENT

The same poll found that while 50 percent of respondents say Trump is doing a good job handling the coronavirus, 45 percent said the president is doing a bad job.

Americans’ views on Trump’s response are highly partisan, with 89 percent of Republicans saying he is doing a good job and only 19 percent of Democrats saying the same, based on the poll.

Praise for governors is split more evenly across party affiliation, with 76 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans saying their governor has done a good job dealing with the situation, according to the poll.

The poll surveyed 851 Americans between March 18 and 22. The margin of error is 3.4 percentage points.