Last week, Morning Consult released their quarterly ranking of America's most and least popular governors. Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, Mary Fallin took home the "least popular" honor with a 19% approval rating, which ironically enough, is the same percentage of Oklahoma teachers who can afford to buy their teenager a car.
Here are the details via Morning Consult:
Fallin, now the most unpopular governor in the country, saw her net approval decline 17 points as she approaches the end of her second, and last, term. In the second quarter, 19 percent of registered voters in Oklahoma backed her job performance and 74 percent disapproved.
Her declining fortunes with Sooner State voters came amid a high-profile teachers’ strike, which began on April 2 and made national headlines before ending nine days later. Her struggles were enough to lift Democrat Dan Malloy of Connecticut out of the bottom spot — although, at 71 percent disapproval, he remains the second-least popular governor by 11 points.
Wow. 19% is atrocious. To put that figure in perspective, it's 1% lower than...
