Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s approval rating is sinking fast, according to new polling data from EKOS.

Harper’s approval rating is dead last among federal leaders in the new EKOS survey — 62 per cent of those surveyed do not approve of the job he’s been doing, almost double the percentage reporting they approve of him (32 per cent). Compare that with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who – even though her approval rating has dropped by six points in recent weeks – is still well ahead of Harper, at 45 per cent.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has the highest approval rating of the major party leaders; he’s sitting comfortably at 60 per cent, with only 30 per cent of respondents disapproving. Trudeau’s numbers are split up the middle, with 47 per cent of those polled disapproving of his performance and 46 per cent approving.

Most striking, though, are the prime minister’s numbers — which EKOS pollster Frank graves called “dismal” and said are plumbing “near historical lows”.

Graves said that Harper’s approval rating rose months back along with Canadians’ worries about terrorism, security and culture — which included the brief controversy about new Canadians wearing the niqab at citizenship ceremonies. But Graves said that as those issues faded from voters’ radar, Harper’s approval rating faded with them.

“People are tired of his management style and regime fatigue is high. Manipulative antics like the debate hijinks aren’t helping. And his whole ‘strong’ steady hands’ theme is losing credibility as the economy falters and no jihadist swarms have emerged to behead us,” said Graves.

Graves also said that May’s remarkably consistent approval numbers have to be taken with a grain of salt since EKOS only polled on May twice prior to 2015 — once in 2009 and once in 2010. That consistency, he suggested, might be the result of a lack of data.

The field dates for this survey are May 27-June 2, 2015. In total, a random sample of 2,204 Canadian adults aged 18 and over responded to the survey. The margin of error associated with the total sample is +/-2.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.