The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. INSKEEP: Wait a minute - someone crossing party lines to vote? That would be the strangest development yet. KING: Hale is a registered Republican, but he says he'd consider voting for the Democrat Beshear in the next election. He's just been very decisive and tactful with his words, and I feel like I've not been left in the dark in any way. For Morning Consult’s state-level survey data, weights are applied to each state separately based on age, gender, education, race, home ownership, marital status. Six in 10 Kentucky voters approve of Beshear’s job performance while 34 disapprove, according to data collected Oct. KING: Chase Hale (ph) of Corbin, Ky., is also impressed.ĬHASE HALE: He really puts everybody at ease, and I've appreciated that he has taken some really firm action on this. Andy Beshear’s approval rating in Kentucky. INSKEEP: Kayla Fugate is a public defender in Bowling Green, Ky., and part of a Facebook group - a 100,000-member Facebook group - that is dedicated to praising Governor Beshear's handling of the pandemic. Eastern Time so he can tell me that it's going to be OK. KAYLA FUGATE: I like to call him Daddy Andy just because I look forward to 5 p.m. And you can even get in Andy Bae-shear (ph) T-shirt. KING: People in other states may be a little envious or offering to trade their governors for Beshear. KEANE: And all the sort of, like, reassuring cast of characters, too, has suddenly injected, I think, a lot of Kentuckians with a sense of stability and predictability during a time when the news cycle is moving so fast. Keane, who wrote a story about Beshear fandom, says the briefings have become must-see TV. Rogers, as Captain America, as Ryan Gosling. An ocean of memes and videos celebrates Beshear - Beshear as Mr. INSKEEP: Yeah, it's a little like Andrew Cuomo of New York - people are paying attention well beyond his jurisdiction. KING: The governor's calming presence and his use of repetitive catchphrases in addition to his fast action during this crisis has led to a kind of online crush. She is editor-in-chief of Salon and based in Kentucky.ĮRIN KEANE: I was noticing that my group texts of, like, Louisville-based friends - which are mostly but not entirely women - they were citing, like, what Andy said or, you know, ooh, I have to go watch Andy it's time for beers with Beshear at 5 o'clock (laughter). Erin Keane only recently realized they were becoming a thing. Governor Beshear's briefings started weeks ago. I want to start the way we always start, and that's reaffirming that we will get through this. KING: Every day, he assures his constituents.īESHEAR: We're going to make it through this. Eastern Standard Time has become very important to people who live there because that is when they get to hear Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat.ĪNDY BESHEAR: All right, good afternoon. In Kentucky, there are at least 120 cases of COVID-19, and so 5 p.m.
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