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The difference between Whitmer and DeWine of Ohio is pretty clear.
Whitmer has largely used a top/down approach, making diktats, and then never really explaining to the public why she made those decisions, and based on what science. https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1250467497565970432
Whitmer has largely used a top/down approach, making diktats, and then never really explaining to the public why she made those decisions, and based on what science. https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1250467497565970432
Compare that to Ohio.
DeWine is doing daily conferences, with his health experts, and explaining exactly why he is doing what he is doing. And, he is outright apologizing to people when things don't go right.
DeWine is doing daily conferences, with his health experts, and explaining exactly why he is doing what he is doing. And, he is outright apologizing to people when things don't go right.
This REALLY MATTERS.
Cuomo in NY has done the same thing, and it has paid major dividends.
The public is willing to give leaders the benefit of the doubt, but leaders must act in conjunction with the public, not as someone dictating rules without conversation.
Cuomo in NY has done the same thing, and it has paid major dividends.
The public is willing to give leaders the benefit of the doubt, but leaders must act in conjunction with the public, not as someone dictating rules without conversation.
I bet the exact same policies, if Whitmer had used scientific experts to explain the rationale, would have been accepted better (not universally, but better). Her failure do that has degraded the public trust in SOME quarters (lets us note her ratings are still pretty high).
