Bad polling continues to dog McKee, putting pressure on his Washington Bridge rebuild plan

Gov. McKee is pictured during the press conference in which he promised ‘a day of reckoning’ for the Washington Bridge debacle on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)

As the 2026 gubernatorial race inches closer, Gov. Dan McKee’s favorability among voters continues to nosedive, with a 25% approval rating among voters surveyed by the Pell Center at Salve Regina University — 11 percentage points less than a year ago.

Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of those surveyed disapproved of McKee’s job performance, according to the poll published Wednesday. The poll was conducted by Embold Research, which surveyed 804 voters who participated in the 2024 presidential election. The margin of error is 3.6%…

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