- State: Washington - Party: Republican. Jeanne Shaheen. - Approval rating: 49% Since then, Blunt has been known for his conservative voting record. In a March 2019 vote, Sinema voted against the Green New Deal. - Disapproval rating: 35% The Senate is one of the key instruments of the checks and balances that serve as the function of the federal government. 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. - Never heard of: 22% is Americas most popular senator, while Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is the most unpopular. Her role in the impeachment proceedings has earned Susan Collins (R-ME) the title of most unpopular senator. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES. - Never heard of: 28% This unpopularity could drag him down in November, allowing Democrats to flip a Senate seat that, on paper, should remain Republican in this environment. Angus King and Bernie Sanders are considered Democrats for the purposes of these calculations. 2022 Governors Elections (39) Margins of error for responses from all voters in each state range from 1 to 5 points. - Party: Independent. - Approval rating: 52% As they have for years, three northeastern, blue-state Republicans lead the way: Govs. - Disapproval rating: 29% Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is America's most unpopular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. - Never heard of: 32% - State: North Dakota Lee is vocal about his opposition to the Green New Deal, and in 2016 blocked a vote on federal assistance for Flint during the city's ongoing water crisis. 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. The senior Kentucky senator earned only 30% approval from Enzi will not seek a fifth term in 2020. - Party: Democrat. - Never heard of: 33% A non-practicing Buddhist, she is the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate. - Party: Republican, Prior to his congressional career, James Lankford worked as the program director of Falls Creek, which is the largest Christian camp in the country. - Party: Republican. Sen. Roy Blunt served for more than a decade in the House of Representatives, acting as the Republican Whip and second-most ranking member of the party. The son of former Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Rand Paul won a seat in the Senate in 2010 after practicing as a physician in Kentucky. - Party: Republican. - State: Maryland - State: Michigan Finally, the two governors with the worst PARGs are Democrats Kate Brown of Oregon (-25) and David Ige of Hawaii (-41). - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 42% - State: Nebraska Since then, Coons was one of several senators to introduce a bill protecting then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller. - Approval rating: 45% [emailprotected]. He was one of the 11 Republican senators to vote against Trump's intent to lift sanctions against Russian companies. This version of partisan lean, meant to be used for congressional and gubernatorial elections, is calculated as 50 percent the state or districts lean relative to the nation in the most recent presidential election, 25 percent its relative lean in the second-most-recent presidential election and 25 percent a custom state-legislative lean. - Party: Republican. - State: Georgia - Disapproval rating: 28% Succeeding Harry Reid from Nevada, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is currently the Senate Minority Leader and the top-ranking Democrat in the Senate. The correlation between senatorial approval rating and partisan lean is 0.44; the correlation between gubernatorial approval rating and partisan lean is -0.11. - Disapproval rating: 25% - Approval rating: 44% She's also up for reelection in 2020, when she'll go head-to-head with a former Army general as her Republican challenger. - Never heard of: 27% Graham loudly condemned Democrats during the hearings for Brett Kavanaugh and received scrutiny for encouraging Donald Trump Jr. to ignore a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee. - Party: Democrat. Scott had a widely viewed speech about being profiled and targeted by Capitol Police. Source: vtdigger.org. - Disapproval rating: 23% Jon Tester went from the Montana State Senate to the U.S. Senate upon winning his election in 2006. - Disapproval rating: 29% - Never heard of: 11% - Never heard of: 34% - Disapproval rating: 31% Without a doubt, he is the most popular senator with an approval rating of 62%. Paul has been a critic of U.S. interventionism, warning against rising tensions against Iran under the Trump administration. - Approval rating: 47% Johnny Isakson has long been involved in Georgia state politics and has served in both houses of the Georgia legislature. 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. - Approval rating: 52% Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the most unpopular senator in the country. - State: Missouri - State: South Dakota - Disapproval rating: 26% Due to his opposition on legislation that supports LGBTQ+ rights, the Human Rights Campaign included Lankford in their Congressional Hall of Shame., - Approval rating: 41% One example was her vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act, which received criticism from Republicans. - State: Oregon During his service, Moran acted as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, leading the Republican Party to a net gain of seats that led to the Senate's majority after the 2014 elections. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a former law school professor who defeated Scott Brown in 2012. Steve Sisolak of Nevada also has a distinct personal brand that could help him weather a tough reelection campaign in purple Nevada. Ernst received controversy and criticism over her support of Iowa Congressman Steve King, who has been rebuked by several of his peers recently due to perceived racist rhetoric. 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. One of the most controversial senators currently serving is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who was blamed for the government shutdown of 2013. Now into his 80s, Roberts will not run for an additional term. Missouri. Just ask Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who for years has had the worst PARS score in the country (currently -54). - Disapproval rating: 32% - Approval rating: 43% - Never heard of: 30% According to a new poll, Americas most unpopular senator is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. your CMS. - State: New Mexico - Approval rating: 37% - Disapproval rating: 35% - State: Florida 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. Surveys conducted Oct 1-Dec. 8, 2022, and Dec. 9-31, 2022, among representative samples of 5,041 and 1,414 Arizona registered voters, respectively, with margins of error of +/-1 to 5 percentage points for responses shown. - Disapproval rating: 27% 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. - Approval rating: 38% Chris Sununus net approval rating is +30, so he is expected to comfortably win reelection. After about a three-year hiatus, FiveThirtyEights Popularity Above Replacement Senator and Popularity Above Replacement Governor ratings are back! - State: New Hampshire - State: Mississippi Americas Most Popular and Unpopular Senators. Each currently enjoys an extraordinary PARG of +75 or higher. Carper then won a seat in the Senate in 2000 against incumbent William Roth: a shakeup during a period when Delaware had the same four elected officialsRoth, Carper, Castle, and Joe Bidenfor 16 years. - Never heard of: 33% McConnell is especially criticized for blocking President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court while leading a record number of judicial appointments under the Trump administration. 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. republish under a Creative Commons License, and we encourage you to - Party: Democrat. 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. - State: California During the Trump administration, Leahy has been active in foreign affairs and the FBI investigation on Trump. Not only is Catherine Cortez-Masto the first woman senator of Nevada, but she is the first Latina elected to serve in the Senate. - Approval rating: 43% He previously served three terms in the House of Representatives and was one of many legislators working with the Obama Administration to gain debt forgiveness for Chrysler during the Great Recession. Net approval rating the approval share minus the disapproval share is used to break ties. Partisan lean is the average margin difference between how a state or district votes and how the country votes overall. Following Sinemas Dec. 9 declaration that she was separating from the Democratic Party, her overall approval rating only moved marginally. 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. Burr was reported in 2019 to have briefed the Trump White House about the FBI investigation. Reed has been in the Senate since 1997, and during the Obama administration rejected multiple offers to serve as the president's defense secretary. - Party: Republican. - Never heard of: 24% - Approval rating: 50% - Party: Democrat. 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. - Disapproval rating: 41% Since the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, Casey has been more outspoken on social media. Bolded rows denote governors running for reelection in 2022. He was the mayor of Richmond, lieutenant governor of Virginia, governor of Virginia, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee. Before taking higher office, he served in both houses of the Connecticut General Assembly and served as a House member. That suggests she has a bit of crossover appeal, but that her fate is still closely tied to partisanship. For Senate Republicans, the larger concern heading into 2024 are the primaries, and for now, most of them appear on solid ground. 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. - Approval rating: 47% - Approval rating: 48% - Party: Republican. - State: California - Never heard of: 13% ), 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. All rights reserved. Today, she is one of Mitch McConnell's counsels. - Party: Democrat. America's Most Unpopular Senators: Mitch McConnell (R-KY): 64% Joe Manchin (D-WV): 53% Ron Johnson (R-WI):53% Susan Collins (R-ME): 52% Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ): 48% *Disapproval among registered voters in each state. - Never heard of: 23% - Approval rating: 38% He's voted with and against both Democrats and Republicans on issues such as gun control and health care, leading to criticism from both sides. With the prospect that abortion could soon be illegal in many states, some people may face difficult decisions about what to do if they have an unwanted pregnancy. Sen. Mike Crapo is the first Mormon elected to the U.S. Senate and previously served on the Idaho House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives. - Never heard of: 24% - Never heard of: 26% - Approval rating: 56% Scott and Kelly4 seem to be in the best position, especially Scott: Not only does he have more cross-party appeal than Kelly (+77 PARG), but he is also a Republican running in a good Republican year. Like his father before him, Paul ran for the presidency in 2016, ultimately dropping out after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses. - Never heard of: 21% - Disapproval rating: 38% A senator from South Dakota since 2015, Mike Rounds was previously the state's governor from 2003 to 2011. - Never heard of: 25% Most popular and unpopular senators are ranked by the largest approval and disapproval shares, respectively. - State: North Dakota Surveys conducted Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2022, among Republican voters in each state, with margins of error of +/-1 to 6 percentage points. - Never heard of: 20% - Party: Republican. - Disapproval rating: 50% - Disapproval rating: 21% - Approval rating: 41% - Party: Democrat. - State: Minnesota 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). The moderate Democrat has seen his own standing at home. - Disapproval rating: 31% In the Senate, Johnson has been active and vocal about illegal crossings through the southern border. and more. - Approval rating: 47% 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. Doing this for the Senate, we get the following table of senators with the best and worst statewide brands: Senators net approval ratings (approval ratings minus disapproval ratings) for the first three months of 2022 relative to the FiveThirtyEight partisan leans of their states. - Party: Democrat. - Party: Democrat. Bush. In Virginia, the past couple years have taken a bit of a toll on Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, though voters there are more likely to approve than disapprove, 43% to 39%, of his job performance. - Never heard of: 19% Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is arguably the most well-known senator in the country, given his status as the Senate Majority Leader and as one of the most controversial (and least popular) legislators currently serving. Sen. Angus King was a popular governor before being elected to the Senate in 2012. - Approval rating: 35% - State: Nebraska As a young rising star in the Florida Republican Party, Marco Rubio went from the speaker of the house in the Florida House of Representatives to getting elected to the Senate over former Gov. - Never heard of: 20% - State: Massachusetts - Approval rating: 40% - Party: Republican. He will be retiring from the Senate and will not seek reelection in 2020. - Party: Democrat. - Party: Republican. - Never heard of: 23% - State: Kentucky He later amended that stance to say he would support military action if any American troops are killed. - Approval rating: 48% - State: Alabama Since then, King has aligned himself more frequently with Democrats than Republicans, caucusing with the party. During the Trump administration, Collins has voted with the Republicans at a higher frequency than in years prior and faces a fierce reelection battle in 2020. McConnells - Disapproval rating: 28% After sitting out of the 2016 election, Romney became a critic of Donald Trump, eventually moving back to Utah to run for Senate in 2018 and replacing Orrin Hatch. - Never heard of: 26% Incumbent: Republican Roy Blunt (retiring) Its still all about Eric Greitens in - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 51% She and former Congressman Paul Ryan in 2013 negotiated to create the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. - State: Arizona 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. - Never heard of: 27% - Approval rating: 39% Sen. Tim Kaine had a number of positions before his election to the Senate. - Disapproval rating: 35% 1. - Disapproval rating: 32% - Disapproval rating: 33% She was then elected attorney general for California, serving from 2011 to 2017 before being elected to the Senate. The first Thai-American woman elected to Congress, then-Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Mark Kirk in a 2016 senatorial election. In 2018, Cruz narrowly defeated Democratic rising star Beto O'Rourke for reelection. - Never heard of: 33% - Disapproval rating: 32% - Disapproval rating: 28% - Disapproval rating: 35% She is currently running for higher office as she seeks to unseat President Trump. - Disapproval rating: 28% @baseballot, 2022 Election (348 posts) Cotton was one of many Republican senators to block nominations from President Barack Obama, one such obstruction said to be motivated to inflict special pain on the president. Cotton has been mentioned as a possible nominee to Donald Trump's cabinet numerous times. The latest quarterly rankings, based on surveys conducted Oct. 1-Dec. 31 in each state, show Sinema as one of the five most unpopular senators, along with another chief liberal agitator, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is also up for re-election next year. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Phil Scott of Vermont and Larry Hogan of Maryland. - Never heard of: 30% Kennedy has since been known for his folksy behavior and colloquialisms in the Senate. Stacker distribution partners receive a license to all Stacker stories, - Never heard of: 24% - Disapproval rating: 21% Hes followed by Senate Republican Whip John Thune, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, who has retired, and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). - Never heard of: 34% Back in January 2015, Wicker was the only senator to vote against an amendment that declared that climate change was real and not a hoax. - Never heard of: 24% Van Hollen was the cosponsor of the Protect Our Elections Act, along with Maine Sen. Susan Collins. Holding the Senate seat that former Vice President Joe Biden once held, Chris Coons defeated Christine O'Donnell in a highly publicized special election. - Never heard of: 20% Bob Casey, is a pro-life Democrat like his father. - Disapproval rating: 25% He acted as a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also made the news for taking a road trip with four strangers after a flight of his was canceled. - Never heard of: 21% As a senator, Ben Sasse of Nebraska voted against legislation that would have prevented the government shutdown in February of 2019. - Disapproval rating: 31% Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett (Dem.) - State: Alaska - Party: Republican. In June he was the sole senator from Missouri or Kansas to support blocking President Donald Trump from selling munitions to Saudi Arabia. - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 46% - Never heard of: 21% - Party: Democrat. 60% of Montana voters approve of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, making him the most popular incumbent expected to face a competitive 2024 contest. Sanders was the 37th mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. - State: Wisconsin - Disapproval rating: 30% There are a few guidelines and - Disapproval rating: 33% Moderates of both major parties, Libertarians, and Independents throughout that state have expressed frustration over Collins' lack of checks-and-balances on Trump, while Democrats around the U.S. see overthrowing Collins in Maine as a major step toward flipping the Senate in 2020. 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