Sinema has a decline in approval among Democrats and a spike among Independents

Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema’s party switch from Democratic to Independent has hurt her approval rating with the first group and helped it with the second, according to a new Morning Consult survey.

This poll was taken by published on ThursdayA poll by the Arizona Democratic Party found that only 30% of registered Democratic Arizona voters approve Sinema’s job as senator. Only 59 percent disapprove. Only 42 percent of Democratic voters favored the job she was doing before her party change last month.

A 13-point increase in approval is seen among 42 percent of Independent state voters, who approve of Sinema’s job as senator.

Forty-three percent of registered Independent Arizona voters disapprove of Sinema’s handling of the position, while 15 percent of those polled are unsure.

Forty-three percent of registered Arizona Republicans approve of Sinema, a 5-point increase from Morning Consult’s previous polling, while 48 percent disapprove.

Sinema experienced a five-point rise in registered GOP state voters when she switched her party affiliation. Only 38% of respondents favored the job she was doing in Congress prior to switching parties.

“I’ve never fit neatly into any party box. I’ve never really tried. I don’t want to,” Sinema told CNN’s Jake Tapper in December when announcing she was registering as an Independent. “Removing myself from the partisan structure — not only is it true to who I am and how I operate, I also think it’ll provide a place of belonging for many folks across the state and the country who also are tired of the partisanship.”

Morning Consult’s most recent survey was conducted between Dec. 9 and Dec. 31, among 6,455 state respondents. The margin of error is +/- 1 to 5%.

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