A Morning Consult poll finds Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is the eighth most unpopular governor in the country.
While Pritzker’s approval rating has remained relatively steady, his disapproval rating has climbed, the poll found.
The Chicago Sun Times reports that earlier this year, a Morning Consult poll found his favorability at 44%, with the latest poll clocking him at 43%. His disapproval rating has grown from 35% earlier this year to 42%. Unsurprisingly, the disapproval is coming from Republicans, who watched the political newcomer rush in a bevy of progressive measures, including his push for a graduated income tax question on the 2020 ballot. Of those polled, 14% said they were undecided.
The poll measured the most popular and unpopular governors by total approval and total disapproval, with the net approval — approval minus disapproval — serving as the tiebreaker.
The most popular governor in the country, according to the poll, is Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. The rest of the popular list includes all Republican governors.
The most unpopular governor is Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, with a 36% approval rating and a 56% disapproval rating, the poll found. The top 10 unpopular list includes six Democrats and four Republicans.
Morning Consult conducted 533,985 nationwide surveys with registered voters from July 1 through Sept. 30. The margin of error for Illinois was plus or minus 1%, and 21,533 registered Illinois voters were polled.
