U.S. Sen. Doug Jones’s net approval rating has dropped 17 points since the first quarter of 2018, according to quarterly rankings of U.S. Senators

The latest Morning Consult poll has Jones’ approval rating of 40 percent with a disapproval rating of 35 percent. Twenty-five percent said they had no opinion of the freshman Democrat.

Since taking office in January 2018, Jones’ approval rating in Morning Consult quarterly polls has been:

Quarter 1 – Approval 47 percent, disapproval 25 percent for a net approval of 22 percent

Quarter 2 – Approval 45 percent, disapproval 28 percent for a net approval of 17 percent

Quarter 3 – Approval 43 percent, disapproval 30 percent for a net approval of 13 percent

Quarter 4 – Approval 40 percent, disapproval 35 percent for a net approval 5 percent

Jones, a former federal prosecutor, defeated Republican Roy Moore in December 2017 following a heated campaign that included allegations that Moore had improper sexual contact with teenage girls in the 1970s. Moore denies the allegations.

The latest poll comes as reports emerged that hundreds of thousands of dollars had gone to support a disinformation social media campaign against Moore. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is currently looking into whether those efforts violated state campaign laws.

Shelby’s approval rating

Alabama’s Senior Senator, Republican Richard Shelby, had a fourth-quarter approval rating of 47 percent, with a disapproval rating of 27 percent. Twenty-six percent said they had no opinion.

According to the poll, the most popular Senators are: Bernie Sanders, I-VT, 64 percent approval; Patrick Leahy, D-VT., 62 percent approval; John Barrasso, R-WY., 62 percent approval; John Thune, R-SD, 54 percent approval; and Brian Schatz, D-HI, 58 percent approval.

The five least-popular Senators were: Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, 49 percent disapproval; Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, 49 percent disapproval; Mitch McConnell, R-KY, 47 percent disapproval; Bob Menendez, D-NJ, 45 percent disapproval; and Dean Heller, R-NV, 45 percent disapproval.

McCaskill lost her reelection campaign in November; Flake opted not to run.