Sen. Mitch McConnell is the most unpopular senator in the nation. The Republican lawmaker faces a 55 percent disapproval rating, while just 37 percent of Kentucky voters approve of him, according to a Public Policy Polling poll released Tuesday. PPP says that McConnell now has the worst favorable/unfavorable numbers of any senator, snatching the dubious title from Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.). Among Republicans, McConnell â now in his fifth term â has a 59 percent approval rating, with 28 percent disapproving of the Senate minority leader. Among independents, heâs got a 33 percent approval rating, 58 percent disapproval. And among Democrats, 23 percent approve and 73 percent disapprove. The survey of 1,266 Kentucky voters was conducted between Dec. 7 and 9 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percent. McConnellâs campaign manager Jesse Benton said in a statement to POLITICO that PPP had an âagenda to make Mitch McConnell look bad.â âIt speaks volumes that even a liberal Democrat pollster with an agenda to make Mitch McConnell look bad still canât find an opponent who can lead him in Kentucky,â Benton said in the statement. âThis Democrat poll has a long-held reputation for skewed approval numbers and thatâs obviously the case here since there is no poll, public or private, that has shown Senator McConnellâs approval ratings anywhere near where PPP suggests.â PPP director Tom Jensen refuted those claims to POLITICO. âWhen Republicans are arguing with pollsters â theyâre losing,â Jensen said. âThis is the same kind of stuff we heard from [GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romneyâs] campaign and in Republican congressional races.â He noted that McConnell took the title from Nelson, a Democrat. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/poll-the-most-unpopular-senator-84927.html#ixzz2EwEIFjyL
Anyone who distinguishes between political leaders with regard to popularity is an idiot. They all suck equally. Congressional approval is less than 10%, and I'm for hunting down those ten percent and shooting them. They must not be allowed to reproduce. Small bounty would be a great stimulas program in more ways than one.