The approval rating for U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran increased two percentage points in the second quarter, a new Morning Consult poll shows.
The survey, released late Wednesday night, shows Robert’s with an approval rating of 37% while Moran was at 39%. They were each up two points from the first quarter. However, Roberts approval rating was one of the lowest nationally.
Roberts disapproval rating, meanwhile, was at 35% while Moran’s was at 29%.
The net approval rating for Roberts was two percentage points, while Moran had 10 percentage point net approval.
Roberts, who is not seeking re-election next year, has seen his approval rating improve in the last year.
In the third quarter of 2018, Morning Consult had Roberts with a 34% approval rating compared to a 41% disapproval rating.
In the first quarter 2017, Roberts had an approval rating of 47% with an unfavorable score of 35%.
Moran’s approval rating has been dropping since the first quarter of 2017 when it was at 51% compared to a disapproval rating of 29%.
His approval rating has been hovering in about the low 40s and high 30s within the last year.
The senators with the highest approval rating were:
- Independent Angus King of Maine (62%)
- Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont (62%)
- Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont (61%)
- Republican John Hoeven of North Dakota (57%)
- Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming (57%)
The senators with the lowest approval ratings were (three were tied at 37%):
- Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina (33%)
- Democrat Gary Peters of Michigan (34%)
- Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey (34%)
- Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (36%)
- Republican Pat Roberts of Kansas (37%)
- Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri (37%)
- Republican Cory Gardner of Colorado (37%)
