Tracking the Approval Ratings of All 100 U.S. Senators
Morning Consult is conducting thousands of surveys every day, asking registered U.S. voters in all 50 states if they approve or disapprove of their senator’s job performance. Every quarter, we’ll update this page with the latest tracking data.
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Key Takeaways
Barrasso still the top-rated U.S. senator: For the fifth quarter in a row, Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming is America’s most popular senator, with a 71% approval rating among Cowboy State voters. For the most part, the top 10 list is dominated by delegations from states with smaller populations, including Vermont, Hawaii and the Dakotas.
McConnell remains the most unpopular: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell remains America’s most unpopular senator for the 14th successive quarter. The Kentuckian’s popularity at home is yet to recover from steep declines suffered during the end days of the Trump administration at the turn of the 2020 election year.
Differing fortunes for vulnerable Democrats: Jon Tester of Montana’s disapproval rating ticked up to 42% in the second quarter of the year — the highest since early 2021 and worse than it was at the same point of his last re-election campaign in 2018. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jacky Rosen of Nevada are trending in the other direction: Rosen’s approval rating jumped from 45% to 53% since earlier this year, and Brown’s approval is up 4 points, to 49%, since the end of 2023.
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America’s most popular and unpopular senators
- Baldwin is the sole vulnerable Democrat on the list of America’s least popular senators, though her approval is above water. Her standing in Wisconsin is similar to Republican Ted Cruz’ in Texas, though the underlying political dynamics in her swing-state make this weigh more heavily on her than the Texan.
- Peter Welch, the sole freshman among the 10 most popular senators, has the approval of 3 in 5 voters in his state, just short of fellow Vermonter Bernie Sanders’ 67% backing.
- Republican Cynthia Lummis is inching closer to Barrasso’s level of popularity in Wyoming, improving her approval rating from 59% to 65% since the end of 2023.
Senator’s approval ratings
- New Jersey voters have dramatically soured on Democrat Bob Menendez, who looks set to resign his seat in late August after being convicted on federal corruption charges. Three in 5 voters in the state disapprove of his job performance, up from 2 in 5 voters a year ago.
- JD Vance of Ohio, the GOP’s vice presidential candidate, has remained slightly more popular than not as his name recognition has grown at home. In our latest Senate Approval Outlook, we detail which voter groups are most likely to approve of him.
Methodology
All state-level data is based on a three-month roll-up of responses from Morning Consult’s daily U.S. tracking survey among registered voters. Margins of error among registered voters vary by state, from as low as +/-6 percentage points in less populous states such as Wyoming to +/-1 point in more populous states such as California.
Consult our State-Level Tracking Methodology Primer for additional details on the state-level data sources, including sampling and data collection procedures, weighting and representativeness, margins of error, and question wording.
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Eli Yokley is Morning Consult’s U.S. politics analyst. Eli joined Morning Consult in 2016 from Roll Call, where he reported on House and Senate campaigns after five years of covering state-level politics in the Show Me State while studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, including contributions to The New York Times, Politico and The Daily Beast. Follow him on Twitter @eyokley. Interested in connecting with Eli to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email [email protected].
Cameron Easley is Morning Consult’s lead analyst for U.S. politics. Prior to moving into his current role, he led Morning Consult's editorial coverage of U.S. politics and elections from 2016 through 2022. Cameron joined Morning Consult from Roll Call, where he was managing editor. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Follow him on Twitter @cameron_easley. Interested in connecting with Cameron to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email [email protected].
