Poll: David Ige One Of Least Popular Governors In US
The Hawaii governor is still doing better than he was this time last year in the wake of a false ballistic missile alert.
WASHINGTON — Morning Consult just released its first quarterly approval ratings of 2019 for U.S. governors and, well, it doesn’t look good for Hawaii Gov. David Ige.
According to , which surveys 5,000 registered voters across the country, Ige is one of the least popular governors in the country with an approval rating of 47% and a disapproval rating of 36%.
While that’s enough to put Ige in the bottom 10 it’s not enough to beat out Kentucky Gov. Matt Biven, a Republican, whose approval rating was 33% to 52% disapproval.
Still, Ige’s approval rating this quarter is an improvement from last year when he reached peak unpopularity after a false missile alert that sent shivers of fear throughout the islands.
At that time Ige’s approval rating was a whole 10 points lower to 37% while his disapproval was 49%.
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, on the other hand, received some good news from the . His approval rating of 52% combined with a low disapproval of 25% put him in the top 10 among his peers.
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who’s running for president in 2020, was the poll’s most popular senator with 62% approval to 32% disapproval.
Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono’s approval rating, meanwhile, dipped below 50% for the first time since 2017. The poll showed that 47% percent of registered voters approved of the job Hirono was doing while 34% disapproved.
