The question now is which period provides the best measure of Lamont’s political and leadership skills. Unwilling to trust the other chamber’s vote counts, Democratic leaders each insisted the other go first with a vote. But on May 6, the Quinnipiac Poll found voters giving him the strongest overall rating of any Connecticut governor since M. Jodi Rell, with approval by 65% and disapproval by 26%. The previous day, one of the unions, SEIU1199, released a biting commercial featuring heroes of the pandemic and ridiculing Lamont’s request. I don’t think he does anything mean-spirited or mean from the heart,” Fasano said.