Defense Secretary Jim Mattis leads the pack as the most-approved-of member of President Trump’s Cabinet, according to a new survey released Wednesday.
Slightly more than one-third of registered voters, 35 percent, are happy with the retired Marine Corps general compared to 19 percent who are not, based on a Morning Consult and Politico survey conducted March 15-19.
The survey also found that eight out of Trump’s 18 Cabinet members have disapproval ratings that are higher than their favorable ratings.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley and Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, tied for second place at 34 percent approval. However, Carson’s disapproval rating of 32 percent was significantly higher than Haley’s 20 percent.
White House chief of staff John Kelly ranked fourth at 32 percent approval.
At the bottom end, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions tied at 38 percent for the highest disapproval rating. Sessions’ approval rating of 29 percent was higher than DeVos’ 23 percent.
Outgoing State Secretary Rex Tillerson and Energy Secretary Rick Perry tied at 27 percent.
The remaining Cabinet members posted lower approval and disapproval ratings, but scored higher than others as names respondents did not recognize.
The online survey involved 1,994 registered voters and had a 2 percentage point margin of error.
