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A May 2020 Ipsos poll showed that Kemp's job approval rating had declined to 39 percent among Georgians, making him among the nation's least popular governors; his low popularity was attributed to his handling of the coronavirus crisis. [153] [154] In November 2020, Kemp's approval rating fell to 37 percent, according to an IAG/Fox 5 poll. [155]
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has asked his attorney general if he has the power to remove members of the state election board after a coalition of right-wing members passed heavily-criticized rules ...
Trump has repeatedly argued that Kemp owed his initial election as governor in 2018 to Trump's endorsement during the Republican primary runoff, although Kemp was already surging at the time.
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However, he did not campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the handling of which awarded Scott with a 75% approval rating in the summer. [80] Scott was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2018 . Scott is a heavy critic of President Donald Trump, who holds a net negative 39% disapproval rating in Vermont. [ 81 ]
[55] Kemp oversaw the removals as secretary of state, and did so eight months after he declared his candidacy for governor. [56] An investigative journalism group run by Greg Palast found that of the approximately 534,000 Georgians whose voter registrations were purged between 2016 and 2017, more than 334,000 still lived where they were ...
Abrams raised $85 million through Sept. 30, but even Kemp’s $60 million would have by far been a record for a governor’s race in Georgia, as he sought to build a national fundraising base.
The following graph depicts the standing of each candidate in the poll aggregators from September 2019 to November 2020. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, had an average polling lead of 7.9 percentage points over incumbent President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee.