According to Latest Poll, Bronson’s Approval Rating Is in That Thing You Flush

Alaska Survey Research (ASR) released more data from their latest survey over the weekend, which shows approval ratings for Alaska's most prominent politicians. The poll was conducted October 22-27.

As you can see in the graphic shared to Twitter by recovering political consultant turned pollster Ivan Moore, Anchorage Mayor Amy...I mean...David Bronson's approval rating sits in the neighborhood inhabited by Ty-D-Bol man and Democratic President Joe Biden—an abysmal 35%.

Bronson's administration has been plagued by what some have called scandals, and it appears that his authoritarian way of governing may have caught the attention of even those who voted for him in the mayoral election.

Former real estate director Christina Hendrickson was fired on September 16 after less than three months on the job. She was fired after filing a whistleblower complaint with the Assembly alleging that Bronson administration officials had improperly placed James Winegarner in a position within her department. Hendrickson has since filed a lawsuit against Mayor Bronson and members of his administration.

Bronson also fired Municipal Chief Equity Officer Clifford Armstrong III. After firing Armstrong III in October, a move that the Anchorage NAACP called "illegal," Bronson continued to thumb his nose at the rule of law and named Uluao "Junior" Aumavae as the Chief Equity Officer for the Municipality of Anchorage. Armstrong has also filed a lawsuit against the Municipality of Anchorage, alleging that his firing wasn't legal.

In September, Mayor Bronson found himself in hot water after defending anti-mask protesters who wore yellow Stars of David at a series of Anchorage Assembly meetings. Mayor Bronson called the use of the Nazi-era symbol a "credit" to the Jewish people. He placed himself in the same ranks as Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, who have also compared public health measures and mandates to Nazism.

During a recent series of Anchorage Assembly meetings, where some who attended later became seriously ill after contracting COVID-19, Bronson administration official Amy Demboski is said to have attempted to cut the live feed of a meeting that was underway, an act Assembly Vice-Chair Christopher Constant later called "most egregious."

Mayor Bronson is set to speak this evening at an event hosted by the anti-LGBTQ organization Alaska Parents' Rights in Education. The organization claims that LGBTQ+ advocates "groom preschool children at libraries." The organization also claims that LGBT militant activism is fostered in public schools and libraries. It also maintains an entire section on its website dedicated to the 'horrors' of Drag Queen Story Hour.

Mayor Bronson has said that Municipal Manager Amy Demboski "runs the city." Judging by the survey results, the mayor's co-pilot does seem pretty adept at flying Mayor Bronson's approval numbers into the toilet, although it's not clear if Mayor Bronson still adheres to the idea that Demboski "knows exactly what she's doing."

Writing on Twitter about the survey results, Ivan Moore said, "Pretty poor numbers all around, but that is the state of our politics."

Indeed.