Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson's approval rating is only 28%.

Now that, is pretty bad.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/only-28-of-chicago-voters-approve-of-mayor-brandon-johnson/#:~:text=Chicago%20Mayor%20Brandon%20Johnson%20only,mayor%20and%2022%25%20were%20unsure.

New polling shows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a 28% approval rating – as low as one mayor after a national scandal and another who was about to get booted by voters.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson only has a 28% approval rating, according to an Illinois Policy Institute poll of 800 registered Chicago voters conducted by Echelon Insights.

Exactly half of those polled from Oct. 18-22 disapprove of how Johnson is handling his job as mayor and 22% were unsure

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NativePortlander1970 · 51-55

The problem is that too much voter apathy causes such mayors to get into office. Apparently it's a crime not to vote in Australia, they made it a national holiday so that no one has the excuse that work kept them from it, Iceland as well.

SubstantialKick · 36-40, M

@NativePortlander1970 It's a holiday in the U.S., but some people just simply take the day off and don't even bother to go and vote.

NativePortlander1970 · 51-55

@SubstantialKick No, it is not a holiday anywhere in the US.

SubstantialKick · 36-40, M

@NativePortlander1970 Interesting. Here in Illinois the schools are all closed including colleges, and also government agencies like the DMV.

NativePortlander1970 · 51-55

@SubstantialKick That percentage is still pathetic.