A new poll spells doom for Brandon Johnson’s hopes of being reelected as the Democrat Chicago mayor’s favorability rating plunged to a record low.
According to a new poll of Chicago residents, Mayor Johnson’s favorability rating dropped to an all-time low this month.
The mayor’s favorability rating fell to just 6.6% with a 79.9% unfavorable rating.
The rating is significantly lower than that of five other hypothetical candidates for the 2027 Chicago mayoral race.
Johnson’s sinking favorability was revealed in a M3 Strategies poll published on February 22.
The survey’s findings closely follow a number of reports on Chicago residents’ growing disapproval of Johnson’s handling of several key issues.
Specifically, voters are mostly concerned about the mayor’s handling of crime and illegal immigration, both of which have soared in recent years.
When asked who they would vote for if the election for mayor “were held today,” Chicago respondents ranked longtime Illinois politician and former Democrat mayoral candidate Paul Vallas at the top of the list.
Vallas received 27.4% of the vote.
He was followed by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias at 21%.
Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza was in third place with 11.7%.
However, Johnson was in a distant 4th place with just 8.2% support.
Giannoulias also received a higher favorability rating than Johnson, at 48.6% with a 14.3% unfavorable rating.
Mendoza, meanwhile, had a 38% favorability rating and a 14.6% unfavorable rating.
Like Johnson, other lawmakers received similarly low approval ratings.
Democrat Alderman Bill Conway of Chicago’s 34th ward received a favorability rating of just 14.6% and a 12% unfavorable rating.
Illinois State Rep. Kam Buckner, also a Democrat, had a favorability rating of 17.6% and an unfavorable score of 15.4%, according to the poll.
Of those surveyed, 67% said that the top issue facing Chicago was crime.
Meanwhile, 54% named high taxes as the biggest concern, and 41% said inflation.
The poll marks a new record low for Johnson’s favorability among voters.
A February 5 poll from the Illinois Policy Institute found that he had a 14% approval rating.
However, that was the lowest approval rating in Chicago’s mayoral history at the time.
The so-called “sanctuary city” has faced an unprecedented influx of illegal aliens since August 2022.
More than 51,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago from the Southern Border, according to the city’s website.
Johnson has remained a staunch defender of the city’s sanctuary status, nevertheless.
The mayor has vowed to push back against the Trump administration’s stringent immigration enforcement agenda.
The Windy City has also been plagued with rampant crime in recent years.
According to a January report from the Illinois Policy Institute, aggravated assaults in Chicago climbed to a 20-year high at 8,039 in 2024, while aggravated batteries increased by 3.1% the same year, totaling 9,132.
Johnson was elected to lead the Windy City in April 2023 after former Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot was ousted by the ballot.
Since he was elected, Johnson has faced criticism for his handling of several key issues since.
NBC 5 Chicago reported that many of the city’s residents have criticized the massive illegal migrant housing crisis.
The illegal alien crisis has cost Chicago taxpayers more than $400 million over a two-year period.
The mayor has also faced backlash for comments he made during a radio show in December 2020.
During the show, he called defunding the police a “real political goal.”
In September 2023, Johnson confirmed that he intends to run for reelection in the next Chicago mayoral election.
The Chicago mayoral primary is set for February 23, 2027.
The M3 Strategies poll surveyed 696 likely Chicago voters from February 20 to Feb. 21.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.71 percentage points.
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