A new poll shows that Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s favor rating fell to a record low this month.
The Blue City Mayor’s favor rating fell to just 6.6% with a 79.9% disadvantage. According to The findings of the M3 Strategy poll, published February 22, closely follow many reports of Chicagoan residents’ disapproval of Johnson’s handling of several important issues, including crime and illegal immigration.
When asked who to vote if the mayoral election was held “today,” Chicago respondents said they had 27.4% of Illinois politician and former Democratic mayoral candidate Paul Baras. ranked top of the list, followed by Illinois. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias receives support from 21%, Illinois Secretary Susana Mendoza receives 11.7%, and Johnson receives support from just 8.2%.
Giannoulias also received a higher favor rating than Johnson, with a 14.3% disadvantage rating at 48.6%, while Mendoza had a 38% favor rating and a 14.6% disadvantage rating.
Like Johnson, other lawmakers received similarly low approval ratings, including Democrat Bill Conway from Chicago’s 34th District. According to the poll, the rating is 17.6% and the disadvantageous score is 15.4%.
Of those surveyed, 67% said that the biggest problem facing Chicago is crime, 54% designated high taxes as their biggest concern, and 41% stated inflation rates. (Related: Dems tells himself that Maga voters regret their choices, but Trump has the highest approval rating he’s ever had)
The vote is marked as a new record low for Johnson’s favor among voters on February 5th Opinion survey From the Policy Institute from Illinois, he found that he had a 14% approval rate. This was the lowest approval rate in Chicago mayor’s history at the time.
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The Sanctuary City has faced an unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants since August 2022, with over 51,000 migrants reaching Chicago from the southern border. According to on the city’s website. Johnson remains a solid advocate for the city’s sanctuary status, pledging to oppose the Trump administration’s strict immigration enforcement agenda shortly after Trump was re-elected. (Related: “It’s their job”: Chicago Mayor defends his lack of pursuing sex offenders in the city since 2009)
Windy cities have also been plagued by crimes that have been ramped up in recent years. The worsening attack in Chicago rose to 20-year highs at 8,039 in 2024, but the worsening batteries rose 3.1% in the same year, totaling 9,132. According to In a January report from the Illinois Institute of Policy Studies.
Johnson was elected to lead Windy City in April 2023 and has since faced criticism for dealing with several important issues. Many Chicago residents have criticised the city’s massive illegal immigration housing crisis. Fee Chicago Taxpayer NBC 5 Chicago reported that it will exceed $400 million in two years. The mayor is also facing Repulsion for comment He made it on a December 2020 radio show, and during that time he called the police “real political goals.”
September 2023, Johnson Confirmed That he intends to run for reelection in the next Chicago mayoral election. The Chicago Mayoral Primary is set for February 23, 2027.
The M3 Strategy survey surveyed 696 Chicago voters from February 20th to February 21st with an error of either positive or negative 3.71 percentage points.
A spokesperson for Mayor Johnson’s office did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Calller News Foundation.
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