California voters broadly approve of Gov. Gavin Newsom's handling of the state's coronavirus crisis, and although economic pain is widespread, a vast majority wants to end shelter-in-place rules slowly, according to a new poll from Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies. Among the poll's findings was the claim by 16% of the respondents that they were unemployed April 16-20, when the poll was taken, and nearly 4 in 10 said they expect to lose their job because of the pandemic. That concern was strongest among African American and Latino voters, as well as those without a college education. Nearly 7 in 10 voters said they fear getting sick with COVID-19, and 9 in 10 said they see it as a threat to their own or their family's health, while 83% deemed it a threat to their personal finances. Politically, the poll found that voters are following a national pattern of supporting their governors, and they have much less confidence in the federal government and President Trump's leadership. "That's what we'd normally expect to see," says political science professor Eric Schickler, the institute's co-director. Nationwide, "governors are benefiting" from the tendency of voters to rally around their leaders, at least initially, "during a time of national crisis," he added. This story was reprinted in dozens of sources. For more on the poll, see our press release at Berkeley News.