Poll: Sanders Is Most Popular Senator Among Constituents; McConnell Is Least

Lisa Lofting address her concerns about Women's Health in the VA to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders during a visit to the Brattleboro, Vt., VA., clinic on Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the most popular senator among his constituents in the country, according to a poll released Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the least popular.

Seventy-five percent of Sanders’ constituents approved of his performance in office, compared to 21 percent who disapproved, according to the latest installment of Morning Consult’s senators poll.

Forty-four percent of Kentuckians approve of McConnell’s performance, compared to 47 who disapprove. McConnell is the only senator to receive a net disapproval from his constituents, Morning Consult found.

Sanders and McConnell retained their titles as most- and least-liked since the last time Morning Consult released poll results on senators’ approval ratings among constituents, in September 2016.

Morning Consult polled more 85,000 registered voters in weekly online polls from January through March 2017, according to its website, which did not include a margin of error. They weighted results for gender, age, educational attainment and race.

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  1. If Bernie was just a little younger he’d be the indestructible candidate right now.

  2. Trump: I would kill for McConnell’s numbers. I just did the Killing but it hasnt helped.

  3. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    Great, but will it make a difference in the voting booth?

  4. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Let’s see, a senator who does principled things to benefit his constituents and the country is popular with his constituents, while one who cares nothing for the Constitution and only acts for the benefit of himself and his Republican cohort is unpopular. Whoda thunk?

  5. Who cares? Bernie will be re-elected, unless he has a stroke and is ga-ga before the next time he runs. McTurtle isn’t up for re-election until 2020. The poll, and the article (and this comment) are wastes of time.)

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