Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell remains America’s most unpopular senator, with roughly 3 in 5 Kentucky voters expressing disapproval of his job performance. His current position is in line with his standing in the first quarter of 2023, driven by his continued poor standing among Republican voters following his 2020 re-election.
McConnell’s standing is only slightly worse than that of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the Senate’s most vulnerable Democrat, who has yet to say whether he’ll seek re-election next year as he flirts with a third-party presidential bid. A 55% majority of West Virginia voters disapprove of his job performance, while 39% approve. That leaves Manchin much more unpopular than West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who’s running in a competitive Republican primary for his seat.
Like Manchin, independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is also more disliked than liked by voters in her state — albeit just barely, and she has made up some ground with Democratic voters in recent months.