Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been voted the most popular senator for the 11th time in a row.
In a Morning Consult poll, the results of which published Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was dethroned as the most unpopular senator by Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
Flake did not seek re-election in the 2018 election and McCaskill was voted out. Republican Josh Hawley took her seat.
In Vermont, 64 percent of voters in the state said they approved of Sanders. Forty nine percent of voters in their respective states said they did not approve of Flake and McCaskill.
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In terms of party affiliation, the top 10 most popular senators were split: two are independents, four are Republicans, and four are Democrats.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., came in as sixth most popular senator. She and Sanders are both considering running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.
Meanwhile, two Republican senators saw a net drop of 10 percent in approval.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who opposed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s controversial nomination, slid from 49 percent approval to 39 percent. Her decline was driven mostly by Republicans.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., who faced public scrutiny over her comments referencing a public hanging while running against a black opponent in last year’s special election, dropped from 52 percent approval in a deep red state to 42 percent.
The poll was conducted Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 and surveyed 416,853 registered voters across the country.
