Voters of all stripes sour on Santos

“The ‘good’ information for Santos is that even in these hyper partisan instances, he’s discovered a method to get Democrats, Republicans and independents to agree a few political determine. The unhealthy information for Santos is that the political determine they agree on is him, they usually overwhelmingly view him unfavorably,” mentioned Siena School pollster Steven Greenberg.

Voters additionally dislike Santos. Some 64 % of them view him unfavorably, up from 56 % in January.

He was elected to the U.S. Home of Representatives in a Lengthy Island swing district final November based mostly on a largely fabricated résumé. He’s dealing with investigations by state, federal and worldwide businesses on a spread of potential crimes from marketing campaign finance violations to pet charity fraud.

Santos insists he merely embellished his résumé and by no means broke any legal guidelines.