Dan Malloy’s Approval Rating Drops To Historic Low 24%, Earns Title As Most Unpopular Governor in America

“Gov. Malloy has lost ground on almost every measure.”

From job-killing tax hikes to budget woes to companies leaving the state and sinking fiscal health, Failed Governor Dan Malloy’s inability to effectively govern Connecticut has his approval rating plummeting to an all-time low 24% in a new Quinnipiac poll out today, earning Malloy, the Chairman of the DGA, the title as the most unpopular governor in America.

“These disastrous approval ratings are a direct result of Dan Malloy’s failed leadership and eagerness to drive jobs and business out of his state through job-killing policies, tax hikes and a stubborn unwillingness to listen to those hurting in Connecticut,” said RGA Communications Director Jon Thompson. “As the most unpopular governor in America, a top surrogate for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign and Chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, Malloy will continue to be a major liability to Democrat gubernatorial candidates everywhere over the next five months. Malloy gave up on Connecticut, and now its clear Connecticut voters have given up on him.”

Quinnipiac reports:

Historic Low Approval For Connecticut Governor, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Satisfaction With Life In State Also Hits New Low

“Connecticut voters disapprove 68 – 24 percent of the job Gov. Dannel Malloy is doing, his worst approval rating ever and one of the lowest approval ratings ever recorded for a governor in any of the nine states surveyed by the Quinnipiac University Poll. Gov. Malloy’s lowest rating before today was a 58 – 32 percent disapproval in an October 14 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University Poll.”

“Voters feel Connecticut’s economy is going down the drain and they are sending Gov. Dannel Malloy’s approval ratings right down the same drain. Even Democrats disapprove of the way he is doing his job,” said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, PhD. ‘Gov. Malloy has lost ground on almost every measure.”

“Only 3 percent of Connecticut voters are ‘very satisfied’ with the way things are going in the state, with 25 percent ‘somewhat satisfied.’ Another 33 percent are ‘somewhat dissatisfied’ with 39 percent ‘very dissatisfied.’ This combined 28 – 72 percent negative satisfaction rate is the lowest ever for Connecticut, edging out a negative 29 – 71 percent recorded September 15, 2011.”

“The state’s economy is getting worse, 53 percent of voters say, while 6 percent say it is getting better and 41 percent say it is the same. Jobs are difficult to find in their community, 74 percent of Connecticut voters say. Malloy gets deeply negative approval ratings for his handling of those three issues: 18 – 76 percent for his handling of the economy and jobs, 16 – 77 percent for his handling of the budget, and 18 – 76 percent for his handling of taxes.”