Senate Delegation Approval Ratings

PPP has polled on the approval ratings of the entire Senate delegation in 13 different states over the last year. Here's how they stack up:

State	Average Approval Rating
Minnesota	62/25
Oklahoma	56/32
West Virginia	53/38
Wisconsin	52/36
Arkansas	50/35
Alabama	49/34
Delaware	46/25
Ohio	38/40
Colorado	38/44
Kentucky	36/50
North Carolina	34/34
Florida	33/33
Illinois	32/48

Minnesota's one woman Senate delegation comes in first. Amy Klobuchar has registered the highest individual approval rating of any individual Senator with us in the last year, and since she's her state's only one Minnesota comes in first. Spots 2-6 on the list are an indicator of the popularity that comes with longevity. Only one of the ten Senators in those states is in his first term, and a lot of them have been in office for quite a long time.

At the bottom end of the spectrum Illinois' bad rating is completely the fault of Roland Burris, as Dick Durbin has pretty solid numbers. North Carolina and Florida's spots at the bottom are more a product of unfamiliarity than unpopularity, as the states have three first term Senators and one second term one, driving up the number of respondents with no opinion. They're also big states, where there tend to be higher levels of 'don't know' when folks are asked to rate their officials.