Poll: Menendez approvals at 44%

A new Monmouth University poll puts U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s job approval ratings at 44%-38%, putting him in good shape to win re-election when his seat comes up in 2024.

Menendez’s numbers have remained about the same for the last two years.

He is at 66%-16% among Democrats and 17%-67% among Republicans.  He’s upside-down among independents, 35%-43%.

Menendez does best among New Jerseyans of color (47%-28%), women (47%-30%), and older voters (48%-38%).  More people approve of him that disapprove in every region of the state.  He’s at 40%-43% among white residents, and 36%-46% among men.

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman has never polled particularly well in New Jersey but has still managed to win three statewide races by wide margins.  In his 2018 re-election campaign, he set the record for the most votes by a U.S. Senate candidate in a mid-term election despite a Republican opponent who spent $36 million of his own money to defeat him.

The Monmouth University Poll was conducted from March 31 to April 4, 2022 with a sample size of 802 New Jersey adults and a margin of error of +/- 3.5%.