Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Senate Delegation Approval Ratings

PPP has polled on the approval ratings of the entire Senate delegation in 13 different states over the last year. Here's how they stack up:

State

Average Approval Rating

Minnesota

62/25

Oklahoma

56/32

West Virginia

53/38

Wisconsin

52/36

Arkansas

50/35

Alabama

49/34

Delaware

46/25

Ohio

38/40

Colorado

38/44

Kentucky

36/50

North Carolina

34/34

Florida

33/33

Illinois

32/48


Minnesota's one woman Senate delegation comes in first. Amy Klobuchar has registered the highest individual approval rating of any individual Senator with us in the last year, and since she's her state's only one Minnesota comes in first. Spots 2-6 on the list are an indicator of the popularity that comes with longevity. Only one of the ten Senators in those states is in his first term, and a lot of them have been in office for quite a long time.

At the bottom end of the spectrum Illinois' bad rating is completely the fault of Roland Burris, as Dick Durbin has pretty solid numbers. North Carolina and Florida's spots at the bottom are more a product of unfamiliarity than unpopularity, as the states have three first term Senators and one second term one, driving up the number of respondents with no opinion. They're also big states, where there tend to be higher levels of 'don't know' when folks are asked to rate their officials.

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