PHOENIX (AP) - A recent statewide survey of Arizona voters found U.S. Sen. John McCain with his lowest favorable job rating in 16 years but that he still does fairly well among registered Republicans. The Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center said Thursday that McCain had a favorable rating of 41 percent among voters statewide, vs. 21 percent unfavorable.
That's his lowest favorable rating since 38 percent in 1994, when he was still shaking off effects of the Keating Five scandal.
Among registered Republicans, McCain was rated favorably by 52 percent vs. 14 percent unfavorably. McCain faces a contested primary as he runs for re-election for a fifth term.
The center says it based its survey results on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 7-22 with 629 registered voters statewide and that the survey has a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
