Terry McAuliffe Is 32nd Among Most Popular Governors

VIENNA, VA -- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is ranked 32nd among Morning Consult's most popular governor ratings, putting him in the bottom half among U.S. governors.

According to Morning Consult, voters gave McAuliffe 53 percent approval and 32 percent disapproval ratings. Only 15 percent said they didn't know how to rate the governor. The approval number has remained the same from the September 2016 Morning Consult rankings, while the disapproval number slightly increased.

McAuliffe's ranking comes as he recently broke the record of most vetoes by a Virginia governor, speaking to the divide between the parties. Virginia is a traditionally red state that has seen blue victories in recent years. Virginia law restricts McAuliffe from running for another term during 2017 state elections, but the public's perception of his term is expected to come into play.

Morning Consult's ranking included job performance evaluations from 85,000 registered voters across America from January 2017 to March 2017.

According to Morning Consult's governor approval rankings, the top five most popular governors are Republicans. Two are serving in traditionally blue states: Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Larry Hogan of Maryland.

Here are the most popular governors, according to the rankings:

1. Charlie Baker (R-MA)
2. Larry Hogan (R-MD)
3. Doug Burgum (R-ND)
4. Phil Scott (R-VT)
5. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR)
6. Dennis Daugaard (R-SD)
7. Brian Sandoval (R-NV)
8. Delaware, John Carney (D-DE)
9. Tennessee, Bill Haslam (R-TN)
10. Texas, Greg Abbott (R-TX)

Here are the least popular governors, according to the rankings:

1. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
2. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
3. Dannel Malloy (D-CT)
4. Rick Snyder (R-MI)
5. Mary Fallin (R-OK)
6. Bill Walker (I-AK)
7. Bruce Rauner (R-IL)
8. Scott Walker (R-WI)
9. Susana Martinez (R-NM)
10. Robert Bentley, who struck a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to misusing of campaign funds in connection with a sex scandal that dogged the embattled politician and resigned on Monday (R-AL)

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