U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is still bullish concerning his political future, Save Jerseyans, but the people of New Jersey don’t share his enthusiasm as a second federal corruption trial is slated to get underway.
That’s according to the dramatic results from Morning Consult surveys of 253,383 registered voters over the course of the fourth and final quarter of 2017:
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) got some good news in mid-November when a judge declared a mistrial in his federal bribery and corruption case, but New Jersey voters continued to sour on him. Net approval for the Garden State Democrat dropped 7 points in the fourth quarter, with 29 percent of voters approving of him and 45 percent disapproving.
Despite that decline, Menendez held with Democrats — 43 percent approval over the past two quarters. But with a 32 percent disapproval among those voters in the fourth quarter, he could be vulnerable to a yet-to-materialize primary challenge, especially as the Justice Department said it plans to retry his case.
Menendez’s approval rating (29%) is the lowest of any of his colleagues; only Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) suffer from worse net approve/disapprove ratings.
Click here to read Morning Consult‘s full analysis.
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