Utah Sen. Mitt Romney’s favorability has not budged since he voted to convict President Trump, but the source of his favorability has changed.
According to a poll from Gallup, Romney’s favorability in the eyes of Republicans dropped 22 percentage points to 23% since October when the survey was last taken. In the same time frame, Romney’s favorability among Democrats jumped 19 points to 56%. His overall favorability rating remained steady at 39%.
Romney’s fall in the eyes of Republicans has been dramatic since he became the party’s presidential nominee in 2012. At that time, he had a favorability rating of 84% from Republicans while just 24% of Democrats saw Romney favorably when he was running against President Barack Obama.
The Utah senator was the only Republican to vote to convict Trump on one article of impeachment. No House Republicans voted to impeach the president, and three Democrats voted against at least one article of impeachment, including New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who switched his party affiliation to Republican after his vote.
The poll included responses from 1,020 adults living in the United States from Feb. 17 to Feb. 28 and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
