Respondents could answer each question with strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, strongly disapprove, or don't know / no opinion. Respondents were only surveyed on the senators they were assigned to based on their states of residence. Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema continues to rank among Americas most unpopular senators following her departure from the Democratic Party, according to Morning Consult Political Intelligence tracking in all 50 states. - Disapproval rating: 39% At the other end of the spectrum, John Barrasso of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, is the countrys most popular senator, with a 66% approval rating. - Party: Republican. - State: Louisiana There are a few guidelines and - Approval rating: 46% - Approval rating: 45% - Disapproval rating: 35% - Never heard of: 21% A friend of the late John McCain, Lindsey Graham has been in the public eye recently for his fervent support for President Donald Trump despite Graham's past condemnations of him. The youngest person currently serving in the United States Senate was previously the attorney general of Missouri, defeating incumbent Claire McCaskill in a 2018 election. - Never heard of: 16% - State: Idaho - Approval rating: 51% ), Senators like Manchin and McConnell are exceptions, though. 25 Apr 2022 0 3:04 Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has earned the status of the most unpopular senator, a Monday Morning Consult poll revealed. Tim Scott is one of three black senators currently serving in the United States and the lone person among the three to be a Republican. - Approval rating: 47% Appointed by then-New York Gov. - Disapproval rating: 35% Her progressive values and detailed policy proposals have led her to become a frontrunner in the 2020 presidential campaign. - Disapproval rating: 37% - Approval rating: 47% - State: Tennessee Bernie Sanders is the most popular senator in the U.S. for 2020, according to the survey. Having represented the state of Vermont in the U.S. House from 1991-2007 and U.S. Senate from 2007-present, Sanders has the highest total approval rating of any senator at 64% total. Kamala Harris's long career had her work at the San Francisco District Attorney's office before being elected district attorney herself. - Approval rating: 49% - Approval rating: 48% Margins of error for responses from all voters in each state range from 1 to 5 points. Net approval rating the approval share minus the disapproval share is used to break ties. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is America's most unpopular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. - Never heard of: 7% - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 33% - Disapproval rating: 35% - Approval rating: 51% - Never heard of: 14% After serving one term as Montana's congressman, Steve Daines won a Senate race in 2014. Angus King and Bernie Sanders are considered Democrats for the purposes of these calculations. Since Biden took office in 2021, Testers approval rating has improved 12 points, driven largely by a surge in support in recent months among independents: 65% of unaffiliated voters approve of Testers job performance, the highest rating among that group of any other senator during the fourth quarter of 2022. - Never heard of: 20% He recently releasedhis plan to eliminate all student debt. - Disapproval rating: 38% - Disapproval rating: 31% Known as a conservative Democrat while in the House of Representatives, Richard Shelby won a narrow race for the Senate in 1986. - Party: Republican. Kennedy mulled a run for governor of Louisiana, but ultimately decided to stay in the Senate. - Disapproval rating: 26% - Never heard of: 34% Testers Approval Rating Outshines 2024s Other Vulnerable Senators. - State: Iowa - Disapproval rating: 31% According to FiveThirtyEights presidential approval tracker,5 41.4 percent of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing as president, while 52.6 percent disapprove (a net approval rating of -11.2 points). - State: Delaware - Party: Republican. Duckworth is a veteran of the Iraq War, serving in the Army as a helicopter pilot, and lost both of her legs from combat wounds. Scott had a widely viewed speech about being profiled and targeted by Capitol Police. Working as a management consultant and holding executive positions in various companies such as Dollar General, David Perdue won a competitive election to the Senate in 2014. If he chooses to seek re-election, however, he is unlikely to face a serious primary challenge, given his unimpeachable record of victories in a state that has continually trended more Republican. - Never heard of: 33% As such, their votes and actions have had an immense impact on American society and history. - Approval rating: 41% In doing so, youre agreeing to the below guidelines. - Party: Republican. - Disapproval rating: 23% Warner gave the keynote speech during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Senate is one of the key instruments of the checks and balances that serve as the function of the federal government. Rubio followed up by being a top contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election, ultimately dropping out after losing the primary for his own state of Florida to Donald Trump. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota (84%) and Chris Murphy (82%) round out the top 3. - Approval rating: 48% - State: Texas As he weighs a re-election campaign, that leaves Romney only slightly more popular than he was in the wake of Trumps second impeachment trial in the first quarter of 2021. - Disapproval rating: 34% This also offers a glimmer of hope to Democrats who face the very real prospect of losing control of the Senate in 2022, as this falls midterm elections are shaping up well for Republicans. - Approval rating: 34% - Approval rating: 44% - Approval rating: 37% Senate // Wikimedia Commons, U.S. border towns that would be affected by the border wall, 30 jobs in the military you may not know about, States that are using policy to fight climate change, Political cartoons from the last 111 years, Most and least popular governors in America, a bill that would benefit 9/11 first responders, made a controversial joke about public hangings, loud 25-minute long speech condemning Sen. Ted Cruz, the Human Rights Campaign included Lankford in their Congressional Hall of Shame., called Nicolas Maduro's Venezuelan regime a genocide.. - State: Tennessee But Democratic Gov. - Party: Republican. - Approval rating: 43% The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip are based on CNNs reporting and fundraising data, as well as historical data about how states and candidates have Gardner in June 2019 introduced a bill that would allow the U.S. State Department to pay hackers a bounty for finding bugs in their computer systems. - Party: Republican. Martha McSally's ascension to the Senate is a strange case. - State: Arizona Manchins unpopularity at home is only eclipsed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the ubiquitous holder of the title of Americas most unpopular senator who clocked a 64% disapproval rating in the fourth quarter of 2022. - Party: Republican. - Never heard of: 29% - Never heard of: 23% He will be retiring from the Senate and will not seek reelection in 2020. - Never heard of: 28% The first Thai-American woman elected to Congress, then-Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Mark Kirk in a 2016 senatorial election. A trio of red-state Democrats Kentuckys Andy Beshear, Kansass Laura Kelly and Louisianas John Bel Edwards all have PARGs between +31 and +51 as well. Sen. Patty Murray became Washington's first woman senator when she was elected to the position in 1992. Along with Barrasso, Tennessees Marsha Blackburn, Texas Ted Cruz, North Dakotas Kevin Cramer, Missouris Josh Hawley and Floridas Rick Scott all hold approval ratings above 70% among Republicans in their states. - Approval rating: 39% - Disapproval rating: 29% Roy Moore is returning to the campaign trail in the hopes of unseating Jones; that playing field is already crowded with five other contenders as of June 26. Murkowski was the lone Republican who voted against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. Manchin has voted with Donald Trump 61% of the time, currently the third wealthiest senator in Congress, one of several Democratic senators running, resolution commemorating the Stonewall uprising, his folksy behavior and colloquialisms in the Senate, he has voted with Trump on the issues around 34% of the time, posting a number of letters he receives from constituents, Collins has voted with the Republicans at a higher frequency. Merkley received attention for filming his trip to an immigrant detention center, making a point that he was denied entry from viewing the conditions inside. Senate; House; Judiciary; for just two years until he was expelled in September 2022. - Approval rating: 49% Only one-third of - State: Arizona - State: Pennsylvania - Party: Republican. - State: New Jersey - Party: Republican. - State: New Hampshire - Party: Democrat. Jon Tester went from the Montana State Senate to the U.S. Senate upon winning his election in 2006. Doug Jones became the first Democrat elected to the Alabama Senate in a quarter of a century when he defeated former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, who was accused of sexual misconduct, in a high-profile special election. - Disapproval rating: 22% Among Republicans, 43 percent disapprove and 42 percent approve. Because Massachusetts is so blue, thats no big whoop in the Bay State but in reddish Florida, it denotes a talented politician with a lot of cross-party appeal. He made headlines in 2014 when he went on a six-day long bipartisan survival trip with then-Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake. Giving advice and consent to the executive branch of the governmenti.e. During the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, Hirono was an outspoken supporter of Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford. - Party: Democrat. Inhofe is outspoken about his denial of climate change and has been a fierce opponent of LGBTQ+ rights. - Never heard of: 27% - Disapproval rating: 25% Recently, Bennet made headlines for a loud 25-minute long speech condemning Sen. Ted Cruz, fighting back prostate cancer, and his 2020 campaign for the presidency. - Never heard of: 26% She served just one term in the House before being elected to the Senate, signaling her political career may well be on track to continue gaining. and more. - Never heard of: 32% - State: Massachusetts Bolded rows denote governors running for reelection in 2022. 2023 Morning Consult, All Rights Reserved. - Disapproval rating: 29% - State: Florida - Disapproval rating: 27% In June he was the sole senator from Missouri or Kansas to support blocking President Donald Trump from selling munitions to Saudi Arabia. - Party: Republican. wrote about the importance of clean energy. - Approval rating: 37% Jim Inhofe's political experience includes acting as the mayor of Tulsa and as a U.S. - Never heard of: 28% Nathaniel Rakich is a senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. - Never heard of: 26% Facing Ballot in 2024, Romney Is Weak Among Utah Republicans. His efforts there were focused on education and health care. - State: Wyoming A week ago, Republicans led Democrats by 2.6 points (45.4 percent to 42.8 percent). - Disapproval rating: 31% - Disapproval rating: 35% Running as an outsider candidate and touting his business career, Mike Braun defeated two Congressmen in the Republican primary for the Indiana Senatorial election in 2018. Sinema succeeded retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and became the first Democratic senator to serve Arizona since 1995. Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. - Never heard of: 13% He recently encouraged the federal use of drones for fighting wildfires. Klobuchar is known for her questions during the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, but also gained infamy for an aggressive and supposedly abusive environment as a boss in her congressional office. - Disapproval rating: 33% - Never heard of: 28% ), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to draft the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act, which would prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for any abortion-related service. These members of Congress increasingly find themselves in precarious positions as everything they say is shared wide and far across social media, the internet, cable news, radio, and print. America's Most Popular Senators Samuel Stebbins June 6, 2022 2:00 pm Once regarded as the greatest deliberative body in the world, the U.S. Senate has Cardin is thought to be one of the most liberal senators and often supported former President Barack Obama's agenda. - State: Maryland - Approval rating: 48% - Never heard of: 24% For instance, New Hampshire is an evenly divided state, but Gov. The majority of senators have PARS scores in the single digits, indicating that their approval rating is largely determined by the partisanship of their states. - Party: Independent - Never heard of: 18% Following Sinemas Dec. 9 declaration that she was separating from the Democratic Party, her overall approval rating only moved marginally. 9. The senator's name was most recently in the news for walking back his May 28, 2019, comments urging Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify publicly before Congress. Sen. Debbie Stabenow was one of several senators who opposed Donald Trump's aid cuts to Central America. Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Based on Morning Consults approval ratings1 for every senator and governor in the country (now updated for the first quarter of 2022), PARS and PARG attempt to measure how much stronger (or weaker) a politician is than a generic (or, to use a term from baseball, replacement-level) candidate from their party would be. - Disapproval rating: 50% Hyde-Smith, McConnell, Moran, Murkowski, Portman, Romney, Rounds, Rubio, Shelby, Thune, Tuberville, Wicker Young. - Party: Democrat. Cornyn was instrumental in blocking President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton, who left the White House to become secretary of state under Barack Obama, Kirsten Gillibrand was part of a highly publicized period in which the media speculated on who would take the seat. Sen. John Hoeven is one of the wealthiest senators currently serving the U.S. Senate, yet does not falter in connecting with the public he represents. - Party: Democrat. 1. Kelly, on the other hand, does have a brand distinct from the national Democratic Party, but its an open question whether she can get enough Kansas Republicans who approve of her to take the extra step and vote for her as well. - Never heard of: 27% Paul has been a critic of U.S. interventionism, warning against rising tensions against Iran under the Trump administration. - State: Nevada - State: Alabama Manchin, with a 53% approval rating among Democrats, is the weakest Senate Democrat with his own partys voters. - Approval rating: 58% - State: Hawaii - Never heard of: 22% He won a third term in 2018 with strong support from indigenous peoples and women. Most recently, he displayed an image of the drowned bodies of a Salvadoran father and daughter who were attempting to reach the United States seeking asylum. Following reports of unsanitary and food-deprived conditions at facilities holding migrant children, Schatz on June 26 led a group calling for the investigation of contractors at those facilities; the same day reports came out of a Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, comprised of 10 Democrats including Schatz. He was elected to the Senate in 2010. Among independents, 48 percent disapprove and 43 percent approve. - Disapproval rating: 24% In June, Coons accused President Trump of fabricating the tariff tensions with Mexico for the sole reason of stoking his base supporters. - Approval rating: 49% Sinema has long ranked as one of the most unpopular senators in the country, and her decision to switch political teams doesnt seem to be winning over more voters either. - Disapproval rating: 29% Scott has objected to some of Trump's judicial appointments, one case being for racist statements. - State: Illinois - Never heard of: 21% - Disapproval rating: 30% Tom Cotton served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the U.S. Army before being elected to the Senate at just 37 years old. - Disapproval rating: 33% Shelby has been a supporter of Donald Trump's agenda, including the border wall. Missouri. Barrasso has allied himself with Trump in his growing concern over relations with Iran. - Party: Republican. The Republican has recently been critical of President Trump's discussion of tariffs imposed on Mexico, however, he supports the president's tariffs on China. - Party: Republican. - Disapproval rating: 32% Rubio then ran for reelection that same year, ultimately winning. - State: New Mexico - Party: Republican, Kevin Cramer has chaired North Dakota Republican Party and served as House Representative for the state before his election to the Senate. - Never heard of: 33% And hes not the only Democrat with a lot of cross-party appeal; in fact, the 16 senators with the highest PARS scores all caucus with the Democratic Party. - Party: Independent. - Approval rating: 41% - Disapproval rating: 33% - Never heard of: 17% - Party: Republican. In June 2019 she joined with U.S. Her congressional office gained attention when one of her interns was caught yelling an expletive at President Donald Trump. - Never heard of: 34% - Never heard of: 25% - Approval rating: 40% - Party: Republican. Part of the Udall political family, New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives beforehand alongside his cousin Mark Udall. He was ranked in 2007 as the sixth-most conservative senator in office at the time. - State: Mississippi Since then, Sen. Thune has risen in the ranks among Senate Republicans. - Disapproval rating: 24% The global tech company distributed 472,802 surveys to registered U.S. voters across all 50 states from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2019 (data last updated April 2019), in order to determine approval ratings of all current 100 United States senators. - Disapproval rating: 28% - Never heard of: 21% One month ago, Biden had an approval rating of 42.2 percent and a disapproval rating of 52.2 percent, for a net approval rating of -10.0 points. - Party: Democrat. Even before Sinemas exit from the party, Arizona Democrats were divided over her job performance enough to make her the least popular Democratic senator among Democratic voters in the fourth quarter of 2022, and especially vulnerable to the kind of primary challenge that was apparently in the works by Rep. Ruben Gallego. - Party: Democrat. At this time last week, 42.2 percent approved and 52.5 percent disapproved (a net approval rating of -10.3 points). John Thune - SD, 52% Approval Rating. Most and least popular senators in America, Jeff McEvoy/U.S. - State: Pennsylvania - Disapproval rating: 27% He also made the news for taking a road trip with four strangers after a flight of his was canceled. At this time last month, voters preferred Republicans by 2.2 points (44.7 percent to 42.5 percent). Incumbent: Republican Roy Blunt (retiring) Its still all about Eric Greitens in One of Markey's strategies to promote issues is by posting a number of letters he receives from constituents on his public website. Naturally, this information shapes the publics opinion, which is why we have gathered a list of the most and least popular senators. - Disapproval rating: 21% Both have negative net approval ratings despite governing fairly blue states. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett (Dem.) - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 45% - Never heard of: 21% - Approval rating: 47% faces a fierce reelection battle in 2020. encouraging Donald Trump Jr. to ignore a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee. Raphael Warnock, Mark Kelly, Maggie Hassan and Catherine Cortez Masto all have PARS scores of at - Party: Democrat, Dianne Feinstein received the most popular votes of any U.S. Senate election in history in 2012. Cassidy was one of the architects attempting to repeal Obamacare and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the television host voiced criticism toward the attempt. At the time of his election, Chris Murphy was the youngest member of the U.S. Senate. - State: North Dakota - Approval rating: 45% 60% of Montana voters approve of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, making him the most popular incumbent expected to face a competitive 2024 contest. - Disapproval rating: 40% Manchin has voted with Donald Trump 61% of the timesince the beginning of Trump's presidency, according to FiveThirtyEight. Initially appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate, the former superintendent of the Denver public school system won a term in his own right in 2010. - Never heard of: 29% - Never heard of: 31% - Party: Republican. - Disapproval rating: 28% Neither came to pass. - Never heard of: 30% - Never heard of: 30% Only Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the GOPs 2012 presidential nominee who voted twice to convict then-President Donald Trump during his impeachment trials, looks in trouble on the right. - State: Wisconsin - State: Kentucky - Disapproval rating: 26% - Party: Republican. - Party: Republican. - Approval rating: 42% - State: Florida Booker is one of several Democratic senators running in the crowded race to unseat President Trump. - Disapproval rating: 28% Scott supported Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the border and called Nicolas Maduro's Venezuelan regime a genocide., - Approval rating: 42% Casey lost to Ed Rendell in the Democratic primary for governor of Pennsylvania, but with Rendell's backing, he defeated Rick Santorum in a Senatorial election in 2006. Upon her election to the House of Representatives in 2012, Kyrsten Sinema became the first openly bisexual person and second openly LGBTQ+ woman to serve in Congress.
