Fetterman disapproval rating in Pennsylvania close to Biden: Poll
Misty Severi
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Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) approval rating in his home state of Pennsylvania has dropped to President Joe Biden’s approval rating in the same state, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
Fetterman, who has struggled with public appearances since he suffered a stroke on the campaign trail last year, has an approval rating of 39% in the state, matching the president’s. But Biden has a higher “disapproval” rating than Fetterman, with 57% of Pennsylvanians disapproving of Biden’s job performance, compared to half for the senator, according to a poll from Quinnipiac.
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The disapproval of Fetterman and Biden is a stark contrast to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-PA) numbers. Shapiro has a 57% approval and a 23% disapproval rating after his handling of an I-95 bridge collapse. The other 20% did not offer an opinion, according to the poll.
“Those across-the-board honeymoon approval numbers for first termer Gov. Shapiro are no doubt buoyed by voters’ perceptions that he stepped up and took charge when the bridge came down on I-95,” polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement.
The poll was conducted from June 22 to June 26 and surveyed 1,584 registered voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. Of the registered voters, 614 identified as Republicans, and 664 were Democrats, according to the poll’s press release.
Fetterman’s rating comes after he spent over a month in a hospital for clinical depression during his early days in the Senate. But his auditory processing problems that came from his stroke in May 2022 have also contributed to his job performance. The senator’s office altered his statements and comments on multiple occasions since the stroke to smooth out his speech, Fox News reported.
The Pennsylvania senator was elected during the 2022 midterm elections, defeating TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican, in the race.
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During his only debate against Oz, Fetterman used closed-captioning services to read the questions, and compared the debate to “trying to run a marathon with a broken ankle.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Fetterman’s office for comment.