It's Official: Bernie Sanders Is The Most Popular Senator In America

Democratic presidential candidate and populist champion Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been collecting all sorts of accolades recently. He’s broken the record for the most number of individual donors at this point in his campaign, is leading the polling for TIME’s Person of the Year Award, and nailed big endorsements from both major unions and celebrities. Now he has one more trophy to place on his mantle – he’s the most popular Senator in America.

A survey of 75,000 voters in all 50 states by polling company Morning Consult shows that Bernie Sanders has the best approval rating – 83% – of all hundred Senators. It will come as no surprise that Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has the lowest – 38%. Sanders, who was formerly the Mayor of Burlington, VT, is beloved in his own state, which bears well for his ambitions on the national stage. Judging from the huge crowds he draws, his strong debate performances, and his rapid ascent in the polls means that Sanders will be a major political force in America in the election to come.

Here is the full list, ordered by approval rating.

State	Senator	Party	Approve	Disapprove	Sample	Margin
Vermont	Bernie Sanders	I	83	13	230	+/- 6.5
Maine	Susan Collins	R	78	16	654	+/- 3.8
Wyoming	John Barrasso	R	73	15	198	+/- 7
Vermont	Patrick Leahy	D	71	22	230	+/- 6.5
North Dakota	John Hoeven	R	69	15	326	+/- 5.4
Minnesota	Amy Klobuchar	D	67	20	1,172	+/- 2.9
Wyoming	Mike Enzi	R	67	19	198	+/- 7
West Virginia	Joe Manchin	D	66	24	619	+/- 3.9
Maine	Angus King	I	65	25	654	+/- 3.8
South Dakota	John Thune	R	65	23	299	+/- 5.7
Massachusetts	Elizabeth Warren	D	64	25	1,513	+/- 2.5
Minnesota	Al Franken	D	63	28	1,172	+/- 2.9
New York	Chuck Schumer	D	61	24	4,544	+/- 1.5
Delaware	Tom Carper	D	61	22	568	+/- 4.1
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	D	60	24	1,305	+/- 2.7
Oregon	Ron Wyden	D	60	21	1,213	+/- 2.8
South Dakota	Mike Rounds	R	59	27	299	+/- 5.7
Washington	Patty Murray	D	59	26	1,644	+/- 2.4
West Virginia	Shelley Moore Capito	R	59	24	619	+/- 3.9
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	R	58	32	515	+/- 4.3
Connecticut	Richard Blumenthal	D	58	29	854	+/- 3.4
Mississippi	Thad Cochran	R	58	28	548	+/- 4.2
North Dakota	Heidi Heitkamp	D	58	27	326	+/- 5.4
Hawaii	Mazie Hirono	D	58	26	367	+/- 5.1
Virginia	Mark Warner	D	58	24	1,995	+/- 2.2
Delaware	Chris Coons	D	58	23	568	+/- 4.1
Washington	Maria Cantwell	D	58	23	1,644	+/- 2.4
Rhode Island	Jack Reed	D	58	21	411	+/- 4.8
Hawaii	Brian Schatz	D	57	25	367	+/- 5.1
Oregon	Jeff Merkley	D	57	24	1,213	+/- 2.8
Iowa	Chuck Grassley	R	56	27	901	+/- 3.3
Montana	Steve Daines	R	56	26	431	+/- 4.7
Alabama	Jeff Sessions	R	56	23	1,116	+/- 2.9
New York	Kirsten Gillibrand	D	56	21	4,544	+/- 1.5
Mississippi	Roger Wicker	R	56	20	548	+/- 4.2
Alaska	Lisa Murkowski	R	55	33	303	+/- 5.6
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	D	54	37	515	+/- 4.3
Nebraska	Deb Fischer	R	54	25	465	+/- 4.5
Nebraska	Ben Sasse	R	54	19	465	+/- 4.5
Tennessee	Bob Corker	R	53	26	1,442	+/- 2.6
Virginia	Tim Kaine	D	53	25	1,995	+/- 2.2
Massachusetts	Ed Markey	D	53	22	1,513	+/- 2.5
California	Dianne Feinstein	D	52	33	6,696	+/- 1.2
Texas	Ted Cruz	R	52	32	4,695	+/- 1.4
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander	R	52	31	1,442	+/- 2.6
Connecticut	Chris Murphy	D	52	27	854	+/- 3.4
Alabama	Richard Shelby	R	52	27	1,116	+/- 2.9
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	D	52	26	3,259	+/- 1.7
Florida	Bill Nelson	D	52	23	5,886	+/- 1.3
South Carolina	Tim Scott	R	52	18	1,174	+/- 2.9
Montana	Jon Tester	D	51	38	431	+/- 4.7
Utah	Orrin Hatch	R	51	38	590	+/- 4
Arkansas	Tom Cotton	R	51	35	690	+/- 3.7
South Carolina	Lindsey Graham	R	51	35	1,174	+/- 2.9
Rhode Island	Sheldon Whitehouse	D	51	33	411	+/- 4.8
Alaska	Dan Sullivan	R	51	32	303	+/- 5.6
New Mexico	Tom Udall	D	51	31	469	+/- 4.5
Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	R	51	29	778	+/- 3.5
Georgia	David Perdue	R	51	26	2,392	+/- 2
Georgia	Johnny Isakson	R	51	24	2,392	+/- 2
Maryland	Ben Cardin	D	51	22	1,305	+/- 2.7
Oklahoma	James Lankford	R	51	20	778	+/- 3.5
Arizona	John McCain	R	50	41	1,688	+/- 2.4
California	Barbara Boxer	D	50	35	6,696	+/- 1.2
Florida	Marco Rubio	R	50	33	5,886	+/- 1.3
Idaho	Mike Crapo	R	50	28	407	+/- 4.9
Nevada	Dean Heller	R	50	26	740	+/- 3.6
New Jersey	Cory Booker	D	50	25	2,071	+/- 2.2
Arkansas	John Boozman	R	50	22	690	+/- 3.7
Michigan	Debbie Stabenow	D	49	33	2,774	+/- 1.9
Pennsylvania	Bob Casey	D	49	26	3,832	+/- 1.3
Indiana	Dan Coats	R	49	23	1,711	+/- 2.4
Kentucky	Rand Paul	R	48	37	1,435	+/- 2.6
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	D	48	36	1,684	+/- 2.4
Nevada	Harry Reid	D	47	38	740	+/- 3.6
Louisiana	David Vitter	R	47	36	931	+/- 3.2
Colorado	Cory Gardner	R	47	26	1,272	+/- 2.7
Pennsylvania	Pat Toomey	R	47	26	3,832	+/- 1.6
New Mexico	Martin Heinrich	D	46	32	469	+/- 4.5
Utah	Mike Lee	R	46	29	590	+/- 4
Indiana	Joe Donnelly	D	46	23	1,711	+/- 2.4
Wisconsin	Tammy Baldwin	D	45	35	1,385	+/- 2.6
Missouri	Roy Blunt	R	45	31	1,684	+/- 2.4
Idaho	Jim Risch	R	45	27	407	+/- 4.9
Texas	John Cornyn	R	45	23	4,695	+/- 1.4
Illinois	Dick Durbin	D	44	33	3,181	+/- 1.7
Louisiana	Bill Cassidy	R	44	32	931	+/- 3.2
Iowa	Joni Ernst	R	43	36	901	+/- 3.3
North Carolina	Richard Burr	R	43	29	2,512	+/- 2
Colorado	Michael Bennet	D	42	27	1,272	+/- 2.7
Kansas	Pat Roberts	R	41	41	684	+/- 3.7
North Carolina	Thom Tillis	R	41	35	2,512	+/- 2
Illinois	Mark Kirk	R	41	31	3,181	+/- 1.7
Ohio	Rob Portman	R	41	24	3,259	+/- 1.7
Kansas	Jerry Moran	R	40	31	684	+/- 3.7
Arizona	Jeff Flake	R	39	39	1,688	+/- 2.4
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	R	38	52	1,435	+/- 2.6
Wisconsin	Ron Johnson	R	38	35	1,385	+/- 2.6
New Jersey	Bob Menendez	D	37	36	2,071	+/- 2.2
Michigan	Gary Peters	D	37	27	2,774	+/- 1.9

Colin Taylor

Opinion columnist and former editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.