Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Republican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style MORE (R-Ariz.) has a job approval rating of only 18 percent in Arizona, according to a new poll.

A survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling finds 62 percent of Arizona voters disapprove of the job the senator is doing. Another 19 percent are not sure.

If the 2018 midterm election were held today, just 31 percent of respondents said they would support Flake's bid, compared to 47 percent who said they would support a generic Democratic opponent, according to the poll.

Another 22 percent of respondents said they were not sure who they would support.

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The poll was conducted from July 31 to Aug. 1 among 704 Arizona voters.

Flake — who in recent days has been making the rounds to promote his latest book — has been increasingly critical of President Trump in public.

The Arizona Republican recently said in a piece for Politico that his party is in denial about the damage Trump is doing and called on his GOP colleagues to stand up to the president when they see his rhetoric has gone astray.