Can somebody explain why Charlie Baker's approvals are so ridiculously high?

[Doimper]

Has he done that great of a job, or does Massachusetts just really like moderate Republican governors?

[Landslide Lyndon]

With veto-proof Democratic majorities in state legislature, he is a virtually powerless figurehead.
Most politicians in such positions are popular since they don't have to take tough decisions and can stay above the everyday political fray (just look at the presidents in most parliamentary systems).

[Brittain33]

I wouldn’t say he’s powerless.

He projects competence and zero drama, he doesn’t pick fights, and he has distanced himself publicly from the national party, especially on social issues. The Mass Democratic Party has historically been split like Kansas GOP (but this is less of a factor now that so many conservatives have died or retired or moved left) so a Democratic Governor always polarizes some faction of the Dem party.

We are also a wealthy, successful state, which helps.

[Fight for Trump]

He is a Republican in the most racist state in America.

[BudgieForce]

Democrats love a moderate, bipartisan Republican. Chris Christie during his height springs to mind.

[Joey1996]

With veto-proof Democratic majorities in state legislature, he is a virtually powerless figurehead.
Most politicians in such positions are popular since they don't have to take tough decisions and can stay above the everyday political fray (just look at the presidents in most parliamentary systems).

[Brittain33]

He is a Republican in the most racist state in America.

Deval Patrick says hi.

[Dr. Arch]

He is a Republican in the most racist state in America.

[Sir Mohamed]

MA just likes moderate Republican governors in balance with a strongly Dem controlled legislature. Baker also seems to be a dude who doesn't pick fights and has a pragmatic less ideological governing style. Political junkies sometimes seem to forget that a large number of Americans don't care about ideology that much.

[Adam Griffin]

Dems are cucks, duh

[Progressive Pessimist]

Democrats love a moderate, bipartisan Republican. Chris Christie during his height springs to mind.

I hope history doesn't repeat itself with Baker winning a landslide re-election and then being exposed as a corrupt opportunist.

[MAINEiac4434]

The Democratic supermajority prevents him from doing anything destructive.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Because there are a lot of Moderate Heroes in Massachusetts.

[NerdyBohemian]

Dems are cucks, duh

P much.

This guy has done nothing but pick fights with public school teachers and pushes his DeVos style charter school agenda.

[IndustrialJustice]

A lot of Democrats don’t actually want to govern. Democratic supermajorities overseeing a Republican executive sounds like heaven for comfortable suburbanites who stupidly care about bipartisanship.