Exclusive poll: Californians believe feds haven’t done enough for state during coronavirus crisis

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (NEXSTAR) — President Donald Trump’s overall approval rating is low among Californians who also say they don’t believe the federal government has done enough to help the state during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an exclusive poll released Monday.

The Nexstar/Emerson College poll shows 58.5% disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president while 30.2% said they approve. 11.3% percent said they were neutral or had no opinion.

When asked to rate the federal government’s coronavirus response in California, the majority of respondents (61%) said they haven’t done enough for the state.

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Twenty-eight-point-five percent said the federal government has done enough, and 10.5% said the they’ve helped too much.

When it comes to Gavin Newsom, 64.7% of respondents said they approve of the job he is doing as governor of California. Only 19.8% disapprove and 15.5% were neutral or had no opinion.

The survey of 800 people included 409 women and 391 men. According to the poll, 47.5% of respondents are white, 31.4% are Hispanic or Latino, 12% are of Asian descent, 6.1% are black and 3% identified as “other.”

Forty-seven-point-seven percent said they were registered as Democrat, 22.8% said they Republican, and 29.8% said they were Independent or other.

A majority of respondents (59.2%) said they would vote for Joe Biden if the election was today while 29% said they would vote for Donald Trump. 11.8% said they were still undecided.