{"id":505069,"date":"2021-05-13T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=505069"},"modified":"2021-05-13T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:20:17","slug":"liberals-sour-on-sen-feinstein-leading-to-all-time-low-approval-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-sour-on-sen-feinstein-leading-to-all-time-low-approval-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals Sour On Sen. Feinstein, Leading To All-Time Low Approval Rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberals-sour-on-sen-feinstein-leading-to-all-time-low-approval-rating%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=505069&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s approval rating has plummeted among her state\u2019s own voters, according to a new poll, with liberals accounting for much of the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Just 35% of registered Californians approve of Feinstein\u2019s job performance, compared to 46% who disapprove, a <a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/8vf906z6\">Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll<\/a> released Thursday shows. Her approval is tied with a late January poll for the all-time low, while the 11-point underwater margin is the lowest in her nearly three-decade career.<\/p>\n<p>Among California\u2019s \u201cstrongly liberal\u201d voters, just 45% said they approved of Feinstein\u2019s performance, while 40% said they disapproved. Among \u201csomewhat liberal\u201d voters, Feinstein\u2019s ratings stood at 49% approval and 29% disapproval.<\/p>\n<p>Many liberals expressed outrage at Feinstein last fall, accusing the former top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/16\/amy-coney-barrett-naral-abortion-feinstein-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mishandling<\/a> the confirmation hearings of now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Feinstein <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/20\/chuck-schumer-dianne-feinstein-amy-coney-barrett-long-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">praised<\/a> how then-Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham handled the hearings, and lost her status as her party\u2019s top Judiciary Committee member after the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeinstein\u2019s decline among liberals and young voters suggest that core Democratic constituencies are now less likely to view her as an effective advocate,\u201d said IGS co-director Eric Schickler in an accompanying press release. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/14\/dianne-feinstein-impressed-amy-coney-barrett-affordable-care-act-severability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Dianne Feinstein \u2018Really Impressed\u2019 With Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s Definition Of \u2018Severability\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7109652\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7109652\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7109652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"feinstein\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/feinstein-178x120.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-620x417-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-768x517-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-1536x1033-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-2048x1377-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7109652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein questions Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey during a hearing on \u201cBreaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election.\u201d (Bill Clark-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Feinstein, who successfully overcame a primary challenge from the left in 2018, is the Senate\u2019s oldest member. There have been rumors that the 87-year-old may retire before her term ends in 2024, but has not said if she will retire and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/politics\/article\/Sen-Feinstein-87-files-paperwork-to-run-for-15866190.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed paperwork<\/a> to run for reelection in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The poll showed California Sen. Alex Padilla, who was appointed in January to serve the remainder of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s term and is up for reelection in 2022, having a relatively unknown profile in the state, with 46% of voters saying they had no opinion of him. Despite his low profile, he had a 14-point positive rating, with 34% approving and 20% disapproving.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was conducted from April 29 to May 5 among 5,036 registered voters across California, and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s approval rating has plummeted among her state\u2019s own voters, according to a new poll, with liberals accounting for much of the drop.Just 35% of registered &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278099,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Liberals Sour On Sen. Feinstein, Leading To All-Time Low Approval Rating","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/feinstein-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Liberals Sour On Sen. 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