Doug Jones approval rating at 41 percent, new poll shows

Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, has maintained a consistent approval rating since last quarter, according to a new poll.  The Morning Consult’s newest Senator Approval Ranking for the fourth quarter of last year shows Jones’ current approval rating sits at 41 percent with a disapproval rating of 35 percent for a net approval rating of plus 6 points. 24 percent of those polled answered were unsure. In the third quarter of last year, Jones’ approval rating was 41 percent with a disapproval rating of 36 percent for a net approval rating of 5 points. The poll also measures senators approval rating among Democrats and Republicans.  Among Democrats, Jones has a net approval rating of 52 points. Among Republicans, Jones has a rating of negative 25 points.  The poll shows Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, approval rating at 46 percent with a disapproval rating of 29 percent for a net approval rating of 17 points. The new poll shows an increase of 2 percent in Shelby’s approval rating since the third quarter of last year.  Shelby has a net approval rating of 45 points among Republicans and a rating of negative 12 points among Democrats. Morning Consult conducted 494,899 surveys with registered U.S. voters from October 1 through December 31, 2019, to determine the Q4 2019 Senator Rankings to measure the difference between the share of voters who approve of a senator’s job performance minus those who disapprove. The top 10 senators with the highest approval rankings in the Morning Consult poll are: 1. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont - 65 percent 2. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming - 64 percent 3. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont - 64 percent 4. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming - 62 percent 5. Angus King, I-Maine - 58 percent 6. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota - 56 percent 7. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota - 56 percent 8. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island - 53 percent 9. Chris Coons, D-Delaware - 52 percent 10. John Thune, R-South Dakota - 52 percent