Republican senators' approval ratings are plummeting
Eliza Relman at Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/republican-senator-approval-ratings-plummet-2017-10
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Nearly all senators saw a drop in their popularity during the third quarter of 2017, but GOP lawmakers took the biggest hit, according to a new Morning Consult poll.
Of the 25 senators whose approval ratings fell the most, 18 are Republicans and seven are Democrats. And of the 10 most unpopular senators, just two are Democrats, one of whom, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, is facing federal corruption charges.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, all Republicans, saw their net approval ratings among GOP voters fall 40 points, 31 points, and 25 points, respectively. All three lawmakers broke at various points from President Donald Trump and GOP leadership on the party's attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
But Collins' overall approval rating remains high at 62% and the moderate Republican lawmaker is the fourth most popular in the country. Murkowski, who, with Collins, voted against every proposed GOP healthcare bill, saw a 6-point drop in her overall approval rating since July, to 49%, and a one-point increase in her disapproval rating, to 38%.
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