Nearly a year ago, New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that all nonessential workers in the state would have to stay home. The announcement was one of many that marked the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
From there, Cuomo’s popularity rose, just like that of his fellow politicians California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. But, just as history has shown us time and time again, a year turned out to be a lifetime in their political careers. All have either been vanquished or are fighting for their political lives.
Cuomo, Newsom and Trump all experienced classic examples of a rally-around-the-flag event. When a crisis hits, constituents give their leading politicians bumps in the polls. These bumps rarely ever last — a lesson all three of these politicians have now learned. CONTINUED
Harry Enten, CNN