Survey USA: Approval Ratings for all 100 US Senators as of 12/13/05

Survey USA ^ | December 14, 2005

[RWR8189]

APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS AS OF 12/13/05
SORT ►			ALPHABETICAL BY STATE
			ALPHABETICALLY BY SENATOR'S LAST NAME
			BY HIGHEST 'NET JOB APPROVAL'
			BY HIGHEST APPROVAL
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SORTED FROM HIGHEST 12/05 APPROVAL RATING TO LOWEST
APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS AS OF 12/13/05
					12/13/06		Net 12/05	Tracking Graphs
#	State	U.S. Senator	Party	Sr/Jr	Approve	Disapprove	Approval
1	ME	Snowe, Olympia	R	Sr	75%	22%	53%	Track ME Sr
2	ME	Collins, Susan	R	Jr	74%	21%	53%	Track ME Jr
3	SD	Johnson, Tim	D	Sr	71%	23%	48%	Track SD Sr
4	ND	Conrad, Kent	D	Sr	70%	26%	44%	Track ND Sr
5	HI	Inouye, Daniel	D	Sr	69%	22%	47%	Track HI Sr
5	IL	Obama, Barack	D	Jr	69%	23%	46%	Track IL Jr
5	ND	Dorgan, Byron	D	Jr	69%	26%	43%	Track ND Jr
8	AK	Stevens, Ted	R	Sr	67%	28%	39%	Track AK Sr
8	AZ	McCain, John	R	Sr	67%	28%	39%	Track AZ Sr
10	MS	Lott, Trent	R	Jr	66%	27%	39%	Track MS Jr
10	NE	Nelson, Ben	D	Jr	66%	24%	42%	Track NE Jr
10	RI	Reed, Jack	D	Sr	66%	25%	41%	Track RI Sr
10	VT	Leahy, Patrick	D	Sr	66%	27%	39%	Track VT Sr
14	DE	Biden, Joseph	D	Sr	65%	30%	35%	Track DE Sr
14	WV	Byrd, Robert	D	Sr	65%	30%	35%	Track WV Sr
16	HI	Akaka, Daniel	D	Jr	64%	26%	38%	Track HI Jr
16	LA	Vitter, David	R	Jr	64%	27%	37%	Track LA Jr
16	NM	Domenici, Pete	R	Sr	64%	30%	34%	Track NM Sr
19	CT	Lieberman, Joseph	D	Jr	63%	31%	32%	Track CT Jr
19	DE	Carper, Thomas	D	Jr	63%	26%	37%	Track DE Jr
19	ID	Crapo, Michael	R	Jr	63%	25%	38%	Track ID Jr
19	IN	Bayh, Evan	D	Jr	63%	29%	34%	Track IN Jr
19	IA	Grassley, Charles	R	Sr	63%	29%	34%	Track IA Sr
19	MS	Cochran, Thad	R	Sr	63%	27%	36%	Track MS Sr
19	NY	Schumer, Charles	D	Sr	63%	27%	36%	Track NY Sr
19	NY	Clinton, Hillary	D	Jr	63%	33%	30%	Track NY Jr
27	IN	Lugar, Richard	R	Sr	62%	27%	35%	Track IN Sr
27	MD	Mikulski, Barbara	D	Jr	62%	31%	31%	Track MD Jr
27	WV	Rockefeller, Jay	D	Jr	62%	31%	31%	Track WV Jr
30	AL	Shelby, Richard	R	Sr	61%	27%	34%	Track AL Sr
30	ID	Craig, Larry	R	Sr	61%	28%	33%	Track ID Sr
30	VT	Jeffords, James	I	Jr	61%	31%	30%	Track VT Jr
33	AR	Pryor, Mark	D	Jr	60%	28%	32%	Track AR Jr
33	CT	Dodd, Christopher	D	Sr	60%	29%	31%	Track CT Sr
33	MA	Kennedy, Edward	D	Sr	60%	35%	25%	Track MA Sr
33	TX	Hutchison, Kay	R	Sr	60%	30%	30%	Track TX Sr
33	VA	Warner, John	R	Sr	60%	26%	34%	Track VA Sr
33	WY	Thomas, Craig	R	Sr	60%	30%	30%	Track WY Sr
33	WY	Enzi, Michael	R	Jr	60%	29%	31%	Track WY Jr
40	MO	Bond, Kit	R	Sr	59%	33%	26%	Track MO Sr
40	NE	Hagel, Chuck	R	Sr	59%	31%	28%	Track NE Sr
40	NM	Bingaman, Jeff	D	Jr	59%	32%	27%	Track NM Jr
40	UT	Hatch, Orrin	R	Sr	59%	33%	26%	Track UT Sr
40	VA	Allen, George	R	Jr	59%	28%	31%	Track VA Jr
45	KS	Brownback, Sam	R	Sr	58%	34%	24%	Track KS Sr
45	MT	Baucus, Max	D	Sr	58%	34%	24%	Track MT Sr
45	NH	Gregg, Judd	R	Sr	58%	30%	28%	Track NH Sr
45	UT	Bennett, Robert	R	Jr	58%	26%	32%	Track UT Jr
49	AR	Lincoln, Blanche	D	Sr	57%	33%	24%	Track AR Sr
49	KS	Roberts, Pat	R	Jr	57%	32%	25%	Track KS Jr
49	MA	Kerry, John	D	Jr	57%	38%	19%	Track MA Jr
49	MN	Coleman, Norm	R	Jr	57%	35%	22%	Track MN Jr
49	OR	Wyden, Ron	D	Sr	57%	28%	29%	Track OR Sr
49	SD	Thune, John	R	Jr	57%	36%	21%	Track SD Jr
49	WI	Kohl, Herb	D	Sr	57%	33%	24%	Track WI Sr
56	AL	Sessions, Jeff	R	Jr	56%	30%	26%	Track AL Jr
56	AK	Murkowski, Lisa	R	Jr	56%	36%	20%	Track AK Jr
56	IA	Harkin, Tom	D	Jr	56%	37%	19%	Track IA Jr
56	SC	Graham, Lindsey	R	Sr	56%	32%	24%	Track SC Sr
60	CO	Salazar, Ken	D	Jr	55%	36%	19%	Track CO Jr
60	WA	Murray, Patty	D	Sr	55%	37%	18%	Track WA Sr
60	WA	Cantwell, Maria	D	Jr	55%	34%	21%	Track WA Jr
63	NC	Dole, Elizabeth	R	Sr	54%	36%	18%	Track NC Sr
63	OR	Smith, Gordon	R	Jr	54%	31%	23%	Track OR Jr
63	RI	Chafee, Lincoln	R	Jr	54%	38%	16%	Track RI Jr
63	WI	Feingold, Russell	D	Jr	54%	38%	16%	Track WI Jr
67	KY	McConnell, Mitch	R	Sr	53%	37%	16%	Track KY Sr
67	PA	Specter, Arlen	R	Sr	53%	38%	15%	Track PA Sr
67	TN	Alexander, Lamar	R	Jr	53%	33%	20%	Track TN Jr
70	CA	Feinstein, Dianne	D	Sr	52%	37%	15%	Track CA Sr
70	GA	Isakson, Johnny	R	Jr	52%	30%	22%	Track GA Jr
70	LA	Landrieu, Mary	D	Sr	52%	43%	9%	Track LA Sr
70	NV	Reid, Harry	D	Sr	52%	41%	11%	Track NV Sr
70	NH	Sununu, John	R	Jr	52%	35%	17%	Track NH Jr
75	MD	Sarbanes, Paul	D	Sr	51%	34%	17%	Track MD Sr
75	MI	Levin, Carl	D	Sr	51%	36%	15%	Track MI Sr
75	MO	Talent, Jim	R	Jr	51%	39%	12%	Track MO Jr
75	OH	Voinovich, George	R	Jr	51%	41%	10%	Track OH Jr
75	OK	Coburn, Tom	R	Jr	51%	38%	13%	Track OK Jr
80	CA	Boxer, Barbara	D	Jr	50%	40%	10%	Track CA Jr
80	NJ	Corzine, Jon	D	Sr	50%	40%	10%	Track NJ Sr
82	NV	Ensign, John	R	Jr	49%	33%	16%	Track NV Jr
82	TN	Frist, Bill	R	Sr	49%	42%	7%	Track TN Sr
84	FL	Nelson, Bill	D	Sr	48%	28%	20%	Track FL Sr
84	GA	Chambliss, Saxby	R	Sr	48%	34%	14%	Track GA Sr
84	MI	Stabenow, Debbie	D	Jr	48%	38%	10%	Track MI Jr
84	SC	DeMint, Jim	R	Jr	48%	37%	11%	Track SC Jr
88	NC	Burr, Richard	R	Jr	47%	31%	16%	Track NC Jr
88	OH	DeWine, Mike	R	Sr	47%	42%	5%	Track OH Sr
88	PA	Santorum, Rick	R	Jr	47%	43%	4%	Track PA Jr
91	AZ	Kyl, Jon	R	Jr	46%	39%	7%	Track AZ Jr
91	FL	Martinez, Mel	R	Jr	46%	37%	9%	Track FL Jr
91	IL	Durbin, Richard	D	Sr	46%	39%	7%	Track IL Sr
91	TX	Cornyn, John	R	Jr	46%	33%	13%	Track TX Jr
95	CO	Allard, Wayne	R	Sr	45%	40%	5%	Track CO Sr
95	KY	Bunning, Jim	R	Jr	45%	43%	2%	Track KY Jr
95	MN	Dayton, Mark	D	Sr	45%	43%	2%	Track MN Sr
95	MT	Burns, Conrad	R	Jr	45%	46%	-1%	Track MT Jr
95	OK	Inhofe, James	R	Sr	45%	41%	4%	Track OK Sr
100	NJ	Lautenberg, Frank	D	Jr	42%	43%	-1%	Track NJ Jr
Weighted Average					54%	34%	20%
('Weighted Average' means each state is weighted proportionally to its share of USA population. For example, California, the most populated state, is given 71 times the weight of WY the least populated state, in a weighted avg.)
Unweighted Average					57%	33%	24%
('Unweighted Average' means each state is given equal weight; population density is not taken into account).

[penowa]

The last poll I saw on Santorum (not Rasmussen they talked about the other day, Quinnipiac?) he was polling something like 20 pts behind Casey, but when asked if they thought he had done a good job, something like 67% answered yes! The problem with the conservative Democrats who have voted twice for Santorum is they "love" Casey and these are people from his area of the state.

[Recovering_Democrat]

This chart, if accurate, is a perfect reflection as to why Senators are almost always re-elected.

[Minnesoootan]

Norm and him were tied earlier in the year...I think the reason is the Dems made him DISSAPEAR because all he was to them was a vote to cancel Norm...runaway Mark doesn't even show up on the LOCAL news!

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

"What is going on with Conrad Burns?"

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Remember the four-year hatchet job that our Montana version of the MSM did on Judy Martz? (She's our ex-governor, who was tried and found guilty in the newspapers of being a Republican.)

Conrad has been getting the same treatment from the very same people, to the cheers and applause of Montana Democrats.

I'd take that poll with a TON of salt, if only because those very same media outlets have only lately come to the realization that their circulation numbers have gone in the toilet even faster than the NYT or LA Slime. (The Billings paper is printing throwaway copies once or twice a month to try for new subscribers, but....well, I DID call 'em throwaways, didn't I?)

My worm's eye view of things says that Baucus is campaigning harder than anybody else in the state right now, and he would sooner have hot pokers in his eyes as be publicly associated with the Dean/Kerry/Reid axis.

Too damn many current and ex-military families around here for a really fashionable Democrat to feel comfortable.

[mbraynard]

Part of what drives these numbers is memory. The highly contested DeMint election is in more people's minds than Grahams short walk years before it.

[snowrip]

Yeah... all Maine residents who work for the state of Maine, maybe.

[ml1954]

I'm stuck with Durbin too. Unfortunately, as a resident of Cook County, I see no way he'll get voted out in IL. My district booted Crane for a turncoat in 2004. Got any reasons to give me hope?

[Jim Verdolini]

I guarantee it was not national republans. Snowe and Collins are universally loathed by republican activists outside of maine and not too beloved by the non country club set here in Maine either.

[Txsleuth]

I have NO idea why those two would have the top ratings...jeez louise, the only reason I know who they are is because I am a Senate watcher..

They both look, dress, act like spinsters that just came from a church picnic.

[newzjunkey]

Boxer just got reelected with more votes than anyone in 2004 except Bush & Kerry and beat both vote totals in CA. She's utterly certifiable extreme left but was able to ride the anti-Bush coat-tails and faced a non-existent opponent. We might do better in 2010, since it's an off year election. But I won't hold my breath. She'll be our Robert Byrd.

What can you say when 210,000 Boxer voters supported Bush over Kerry?

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
John F. Kerry	Democratic	6,737,355	54.4
George W. Bush	Republican	5,501,496	44.4
Barbara Boxer	Democratic	6,947,021	57.8
Bill Jones	Republican	4,548,931	37.8

Feinstein will be reelected by aclamation.

[RWR8189]

I'm in the same district as you, and I think Bean's going to get taken out next year.

Since she's acted fairly moderate in Congress she's alienated the lefty and labor vote big time, and they'll sit on their hands.

The 8th went 58% for Bush in 2004, Crane should have bowed out gracefully and let the next generation of Republican take the reins.

[ml1954]

I hope you're right about Bean. Unfortunately, there's not much hope Durbin will get booted.

[RWR8189]

If his approval rating stays under 50% and we have a decent challenger, I'd say we have a shot.

Especially if the 2008 presidential nominee has coattails.

[Redbob]

"People in Dem and Rhino states aren't paying attention to what's going on."

Well of course!
How else could you explain the people they elect?

[amigatec]

Unless you live in Tom Coburn's state you're probably not real satisfied with your senator.

Whats surprises me is that Tom did so well with Blacks and in the eastern part of the State.

[SittinYonder]

How else could you explain the people they elect?

LOL ... Precisely!