Pete Buttigieg is the most favored member of Biden's cabinet, poll finds
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What's in a name? Positive sentiment, for one thing.
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with the highest name ID — 83 percent — "of any member of the Biden administration (aside from [President Biden] and [Vice President Harris], of course)," Politico writes. What's more, Buttigieg has a higher net favorability rating (+10) than any other Cabinet member, as well as Biden (-6) and Harris (-12) themselves.
The second-highest net favorability rating for Biden's cabinet goes to none other than Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (+8).
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Sounds like Mayor Pete should lend Biden some likeability tips.
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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.
