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Morning Consult Senator Rankings

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The 10 Most Popular and Unpopular Senators
The most popular and unpopular senators are determined by total approval and total disapproval, with net approval (approval minus disapproval) serving as the tiebreaker.
1
Bernie
Sanders
 (I - VT)
 65%  29%
2
John
Barrasso
 (R - WY)
 64%  21%
3
Patrick
Leahy
 (D - VT)
 64%  24%
4
Mike
Enzi
 (R - WY)
 62%  17%
5
Angus
King
 (I - ME)
 58%  31%
6
John
Hoeven
 (R - ND)
 56%  25%
7
Amy
Klobuchar
 (D - MN)
 56%  31%
8
Jack
Reed
 (D - RI)
 53%  24%
9
Chris
Coons
 (D - DE)
 52%  28%
10
John
Thune
 (R - SD)
 52%  35%
Senator Lookup

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Approval over time:
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Sortable Table

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Approve
Don't Know
Disapprove
  • Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
    45% 25% 30%
  • Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
    46% 17% 37%
  • John Barrasso (R-WY)
    64% 16% 21%
  • Michael Bennet (D-CO)
    39% 29% 32%
  • Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
    47% 22% 31%
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
    46% 17% 38%
  • Roy Blunt (R-MO)
    40% 24% 36%
  • Cory Booker (D-NJ)
    45% 19% 36%
  • John Boozman (R-AR)
    48% 27% 25%
  • Mike Braun (R-IN)
    44% 30% 26%
  • Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
    46% 24% 30%
  • Richard Burr (R-NC)
    38% 29% 34%
  • Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
    48% 24% 29%
  • Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
    47% 21% 33%
  • Ben Cardin (D-MD)
    49% 28% 23%
  • Tom Carper (D-DE)
    50% 23% 27%
  • Bob Casey (D-PA)
    42% 26% 31%
  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
    47% 27% 26%
  • Susan Collins (R-ME)
    42% 7% 52%
  • Chris Coons (D-DE)
    52% 20% 28%
  • John Cornyn (R-TX)
    44% 31% 25%
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (-)
    40% 27% 32%
  • Tom Cotton (R-AR)
    48% 21% 31%
  • Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
    47% 18% 35%
  • Mike Crapo (R-ID)
    49% 21% 30%
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX)
    49% 17% 34%
  • Steve Daines (R-MT)
    47% 21% 31%
  • Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
    42% 26% 32%
  • Dick Durbin (D-IL)
    38% 25% 37%
  • Mike Enzi (R-WY)
    62% 21% 17%
  • Joni Ernst (R-IA)
    37% 21% 42%
  • Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
    42% 21% 37%
  • Deb Fischer (R-NE)
    41% 19% 40%
  • Cory Gardner (R-CO)
    37% 23% 40%
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
    42% 26% 32%
  • Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
    48% 15% 36%
  • Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
    43% 19% 38%
  • Kamala Harris (D-CA)
    41% 23% 36%
  • Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
    51% 14% 35%
  • Josh Hawley (R-MO)
    43% 27% 30%
  • Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
    39% 27% 34%
  • Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
    47% 17% 37%
  • John Hoeven (R-ND)
    56% 20% 25%
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
    47% 22% 31%
  • James Inhofe (R-OK)
    43% 26% 31%
  • Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
    44% 31% 24%
  • Ron Johnson (R-WI)
    41% 24% 35%
  • Doug Jones (D-AL)
    41% 24% 35%
  • Tim Kaine (D-VA)
    45% 22% 34%
  • John Kennedy (R-LA)
    48% 27% 26%
  • Angus King (I-ME)
    58% 11% 31%
  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
    56% 14% 31%
  • James Lankford (R-OK)
    44% 29% 27%
  • Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
    64% 12% 24%
  • Mike Lee (R-UT)
    46% 22% 32%
  • Joe Manchin (D-WV)
    51% 11% 38%
  • Ed Markey (D-MA)
    50% 25% 25%
  • Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
    37% 13% 50%
  • Martha McSally (R-AZ)
    37% 24% 40%
  • Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
    35% 25% 40%
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
    45% 27% 28%
  • Jerry Moran (R-KS)
    40% 31% 29%
  • Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
    41% 18% 41%
  • Chris Murphy (D-CT)
    47% 19% 35%
  • Patty Murray (D-WA)
    46% 23% 31%
  • Rand Paul (R-KY)
    41% 20% 39%
  • David Perdue (R-GA)
    49% 25% 26%
  • Gary Peters (D-MI)
    37% 34% 29%
  • Rob Portman (R-OH)
    40% 29% 31%
  • Jack Reed (D-RI)
    53% 23% 24%
  • Jim Risch (R-ID)
    46% 26% 28%
  • Pat Roberts (R-KS)
    37% 28% 35%
  • Mitt Romney (R-UT)
    48% 14% 38%
  • Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
    38% 29% 33%
  • Mike Rounds (R-SD)
    50% 16% 34%
  • Marco Rubio (R-FL)
    48% 19% 33%
  • Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
    65% 6% 29%
  • Ben Sasse (R-NE)
    45% 21% 35%
  • Brian Schatz (D-HI)
    48% 23% 29%
  • Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
    47% 18% 35%
  • Rick Scott (R-FL)
    47% 18% 36%
  • Tim Scott (R-SC)
    50% 26% 24%
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
    52% 11% 37%
  • Richard Shelby (R-AL)
    46% 26% 29%
  • Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
    44% 26% 30%
  • Tina Smith (D-MN)
    42% 29% 29%
  • Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
    44% 21% 35%
  • Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
    43% 24% 33%
  • Jon Tester (D-MT)
    48% 13% 39%
  • John Thune (R-SD)
    52% 13% 35%
  • Thom Tillis (R-NC)
    34% 29% 37%
  • Pat Toomey (R-PA)
    40% 26% 35%
  • Tom Udall (D-NM)
    39% 27% 33%
  • Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
    46% 32% 22%
  • Mark Warner (D-VA)
    49% 21% 30%
  • Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
    50% 10% 40%
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
    51% 19% 31%
  • Roger Wicker (R-MS)
    47% 25% 27%
  • Ron Wyden (D-OR)
    48% 25% 27%
  • Todd Young (R-IN)
    43% 34% 24%
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Methodology

About Morning Consult Political Intelligence

On a daily basis, Morning Consult surveys over 5,000 registered voters across the United States. Along with approval ratings for senators, Political Intelligence tracks the 2020 election as well as the approval ratings for all governors, House members, the president and more at the national, state and congressional district level. Each week, we will release a report with the most important findings on the 2020 election. Sign up to receive that report in your inbox here.

Results from the most recent update

Morning Consult conducted 494,899 surveys with registered U.S. voters from October 1 through December 31, 2019, to determine the Q4 2019 Senator Rankings.

The margins of error vary by state and party. You can see the margin of error for each senator here.

In each poll, Americans indicated whether they approve or disapprove of the job performance of their U.S. senators. For each question, they could answer strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, strongly disapprove, or don’t know / no opinion.

Morning Consult obtained an up-to-date list of senators from Sunlight Foundation’s Congress API v3 and Open States API. Survey respondents were assigned to their appropriate senators based on their state of residence.

Morning Consult obtained population parameters for registered voters from the November 2016 Current Population Survey. We applied post-stratification weights based on gender, age, educational attainment and race.

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