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(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Maine Republican Olympia Snowe maintains the highest numbers of any member of the United States Senate, according to a poll by SurveyUSA. 75 per cent of respondents in the Pine Tree State approve of Snowe’s performance.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Maine Republican Olympia Snowe maintains the highest numbers of any member of the United States Senate, according to a poll by SurveyUSA. 75 per cent of respondents in the Pine Tree State approve of Snowe’s performance.
Hawaii Democrat Daniel Inouye is second on the list with 73 per cent, followed by Maine Republican Susan Collins and Illinois Democrat Barack Obama with 72 per cent.
The poll gauged public opinion on the senators who represent each of the country’s 50 states. Arizona Republican John McCain, Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed, and South Dakota Democrat Tim Johnson are the only other upper house members with a ranking of 70 per cent or higher.
In the U.S., senators are elected to six-year terms in dual-seat constituencies. A third of the country’s upper house is renewed every two years. The Republican Party currently has a majority in the Senate, with 55 members in the 100-seat upper house.
New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg is the lowest-ranked senator with 40 per cent. North Carolina Republican Richard Burr, Arizona Republican Jon Kyl, Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum, Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning, Florida Republican Mel Martinez and Montana Republican Conrad Burns have a ranking of 44 per cent or lower.
The average approval rating for the Senate as a whole is 57 per cent. American voters will renew the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate on Nov. 7.
Polling Data
State | U.S. Senator | Party | Approve | Disapprove |
ME | Snowe, Olympia | R | 75% | 21% |
HI | Inouye, Daniel | D | 73% | 19% |
ME | Collins, Susan | R | 72% | 22% |
IL | Obama, Barack | D | 72% | 20% |
AZ | McCain, John | R | 71% | 26% |
RI | Reed, Jack | D | 71% | 22% |
SD | Johnson, Tim | D | 70% | 26% |
ND | Conrad, Kent | D | 67% | 27% |
NE | Nelson, Ben | D | 67% | 24% |
NM | Domenici, Pete | R | 66% | 27% |
VT | Jeffords, James | I | 66% | 28% |
WV | Rockefeller, Jay | D | 66% | 28% |
AK | Stevens, Ted | R | 66% | 29% |
WV | Byrd, Robert | D | 65% | 31% |
IA | Grassley, Charles | R | 65% | 29% |
VT | Leahy, Patrick | D | 65% | 29% |
NY | Clinton, Hillary | D | 64% | 32% |
ND | Dorgan, Byron | D | 64% | 30% |
LA | Vitter, David | R | 64% | 29% |
TX | Hutchison, Kay | R | 63% | 24% |
CT | Lieberman, Joseph | D | 63% | 30% |
MS | Lott, Trent | R | 63% | 33% |
VA | Warner, John | R | 63% | 25% |
DE | Carper, Thomas | D | 62% | 29% |
UT | Hatch, Orrin | R | 62% | 29% |
IN | Lugar, Richard | R | 62% | 26% |
MA | Kennedy, Edward | D | 61% | 34% |
MT | Baucus, Max | D | 60% | 32% |
IN | Bayh, Evan | D | 60% | 30% |
SC | Graham, Lindsey | R | 60% | 31% |
AR | Pryor, Mark | D | 60% | 29% |
NY | Schumer, Charles | D | 60% | 31% |
AL | Shelby, Richard | R | 60% | 29% |
OR | Wyden, Ron | D | 60% | 27% |
HI | Akaka, Daniel | D | 59% | 31% |
NM | Bingaman, Jeff | D | 59% | 28% |
MS | Cochran, Thad | R | 59% | 33% |
NE | Hagel, Chuck | R | 59% | 33% |
WI | Kohl, Herb | D | 59% | 31% |
NV | Reid, Harry | D | 59% | 38% |
WY | Thomas, Craig | R | 59% | 31% |
SD | Thune, John | R | 59% | 37% |
KS | Brownback, Sam | R | 58% | 32% |
CT | Dodd, Christopher | D | 58% | 32% |
NH | Gregg, Judd | R | 58% | 31% |
AR | Lincoln, Blanche | D | 58% | 32% |
MD | Mikulski, Barbara | D | 58% | 34% |
AL | Sessions, Jeff | R | 58% | 30% |
UT | Bennett, Robert | R | 57% | 27% |
DE | Biden, Joseph | D | 57% | 38% |
ID | Craig, Larry | R | 57% | 30% |
WY | Enzi, Michael | R | 57% | 31% |
PA | Specter, Arlen | R | 57% | 37% |
VA | Allen, George | R | 56% | 29% |
LA | Landrieu, Mary | D | 56% | 40% |
MO | Bond, Kit | R | 55% | 36% |
MN | Coleman, Norm | R | 55% | 36% |
ID | Crapo, Michael | R | 55% | 29% |
MA | Kerry, John | D | 55% | 39% |
CO | Salazar, Ken | D | 55% | 34% |
NC | Dole, Elizabeth | R | 54% | 35% |
WI | Feingold, Russell | D | 54% | 38% |
IA | Harkin, Tom | D | 54% | 39% |
WA | Cantwell, Maria | D | 53% | 34% |
RI | Chafee, Lincoln | R | 53% | 38% |
MI | Levin, Carl | D | 53% | 34% |
AK | Murkowski, Lisa | R | 53% | 40% |
WA | Murray, Patty | D | 53% | 39% |
FL | Nelson, Bill | D | 53% | 29% |
KS | Roberts, Pat | R | 53% | 35% |
TN | Alexander, Lamar | R | 52% | 36% |
SC | DeMint, Jim | R | 52% | 34% |
IL | Durbin, Richard | D | 52% | 34% |
CA | Feinstein, Dianne | D | 52% | 38% |
KY | McConnell, Mitch | R | 52% | 37% |
NH | Sununu, John | R | 52% | 36% |
GA | Chambliss, Saxby | R | 51% | 35% |
MN | Dayton, Mark | D | 51% | 36% |
MD | Sarbanes, Paul | D | 51% | 34% |
OR | Smith, Gordon | R | 51% | 35% |
NV | Ensign, John | R | 50% | 37% |
GA | Isakson, Johnny | R | 50% | 36% |
MI | Stabenow, Debbie | D | 50% | 35% |
MO | Talent, Jim | R | 50% | 38% |
OK | Coburn, Tom | R | 49% | 39% |
OK | Inhofe, James | R | 49% | 38% |
OH | Voinovich, George | R | 49% | 40% |
CO | Allard, Wayne | R | 48% | 34% |
CA | Boxer, Barbara | D | 48% | 39% |
NJ | Corzine, Jon | D | 48% | 40% |
TN | Frist, Bill | R | 48% | 43% |
OH | DeWine, Mike | R | 47% | 41% |
TX | Cornyn, John | R | 46% | 31% |
NC | Burr, Richard | R | 44% | 35% |
AZ | Kyl, Jon | R | 44% | 39% |
PA | Santorum, Rick | R | 44% | 46% |
KY | Bunning, Jim | R | 43% | 44% |
FL | Martinez, Mel | R | 43% | 42% |
MT | Burns, Conrad | R | 42% | 51% |
NJ | Lautenberg, Frank | D | 40% | 44% |
U.S. Average | 57% | 33% |
Source: SurveyUSA
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 600 adult residents of each of the country’s 50 states, conducted from Jan. 13 to Jan. 15, 2006. Margins of error for each state range from 3.8 to 4.1 per cent.
