MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The latest Middle Tennessee State University poll released Monday shows Gov. Bill Haslam’s job approval has dropped since last spring.
The poll shows the Republican governor slid from 61 percent in the last poll rating to 47 percent.
Poll director Ken Blake said the decrease occurred primarily among the state’s Democrats and political independents.
Approval among Democrats fell from 52 percent to 42 percent, while independents dropped from 69 percent to 41 percent.
Democrats have heavily criticized the governor for declining $1.4 billion in federal funds to cover about 140,000 uninsured Tennesseans under the terms that the money was offered by the federal government.