In February of this year, the Washington post said Herbert's approval rating topped all other governnors in the nation at 73%. Right now those numbers are comparable with a 71% approval rating according to our latest UtahPolicy.com survey conducted by Dan Jones and Associates. Just 24% disapprove of the job he's doing right now, which gives him a net-positive approval rating of 47 points.
Sen. Mike Lee's troubles following the 16-day government shutdown last year continue, but he is improving a bit. In October of 2013, a BYU poll gave Lee an approval rating of 40%, compared with 51% of Utahns who disapproved of his performance. Our survey shows Lee's approval rating has recovered a full 14-points since that nadir, with 54% of Utahns approving of his job performance, and 35% disapproving. Those numbers give Lee a net-positive approval rating of 19-points.
Attorney General Sean Reyes' approval rating is floating above 50% right now, but nearly a quarter of Utahns don't have an opinion of him.
Reyes' net-approval rating is 34-points, but 28% say they don't have an opinion about him.
Our survey was conducted September 23-25 among 403 likely Utah voters. It has a margin of error of +/- 4.88%.