Chicago’s Tumbling Murders Fail to Lift Mayor’s Approval Rating

Chicago’s Tumbling Murders Fail to Lift Mayor’s Approval Rating

Chicago is finally getting its crime problem under control, with murders dropping to a decade low, offering a rare piece of good news to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Voters though aren’t ready to get behind the beleaguered leader.

Past his term’s midpoint, Mayor Johnson’s job approval rating stands at 26%, survey shows – Chicago Sun-Times

"Chicagoans are disenchanted with Brandon Johnson no matter where they live, how old they are, what race they are or how much money they earn."

Past his term's midpoint, Mayor Johnson's job approval rating stands at 26%, survey shows

Chicagoans are disenchanted with Brandon Johnson no matter where they live, how old they are, what race they are or how much money they earn. The rookie mayor’s worst showing, a 20% approval rating, is among white voters. But only 38% of Blacks approve of the mayor’s performance.

Past his term’s midpoint, Mayor Johnson’s job approval rating stands at 26%, survey shows

Well past midterm and a year before his reelection campaign begins in earnest, Mayor Brandon Johnson has a 26% approval rating with a majority of Chicagoans unhappy with his job performance — no matter where they live, what race they are and how much money they earn. The good news for the first-term mayor is that he had nowhere to go but up since polling earlier this year showed him languishing in single digits. The bad news is that, even with t…