John MaverickMcCain
... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former
foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution...
(R) is the third most disliked sitting senator in the United States, according to a recent poll. Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph
Holy JoeLieberman
...what a Democrat
maverickwould look like if the Democrats had
mavericks...
is the least popular, followed by Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign.
...former Republican United States Senator from Nevada, serving from January 2001 until he resigned in May 2011 after getting caught porking a staffer and paying off her husband. In 2009, Senator Ensign was named one of the 15 Most Corrupt Members of Congress by the liberal watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, for what that's worth. ...
The Democrat-affiliated firm Public Policy Polling found that 53 percent of McCain's constituents disapprove of him, compared with only 34 percent that approve. The poll was based on 623 Arizona voters from April 28 to May 1.
The poll shows that McCain is unpopular with his party base, and even more disliked by Independents and Democrats. Only 44 percent of Republicans approve of McCain compared to 40 percent who disapprove. Fifty-eight percent of Independents disapprove of the senator and 67 percent of Democrats disapprove.
... so, really, I have no idea how the stinker was reelected last November unless it was because he was the lesser of two evils... Oh. Wait...
"He has improved considerably with the GOP after a bruising primary battle last summer and his White House loss, but he is in the basement with everyone else," Public Policy Polling said in a statement.