Isabel Miller reports at Capital Fax:
With Chicago’s 2027 mayoral election seven months away, a new University of Chicago poll suggests Mayor Brandon Johnson faces an uphill climb if he seeks a second term.
Just 13.6% of likely Chicago voters said they want Johnson to run for re-election, according to a survey commissioned by the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.
Fifty-eight percent said they were not excited by the prospect of another Johnson campaign.
The poll also found Johnson with a 23% job approval rating, down slightly from 25% in the institute’s December 2025 ChicagoSpeaks survey.
I cannot believe that 23% of Chicagoans approve of the job that Mayor Brandon Johnson is doing.
One can only speculate on the real percentage……..3%. 5%. 10%? The die hards.
It’s a tough task to be worse than Lori Lightfoot. I don’t recall the election dynamics, but seriously Chicago?