First Publicly Released Polling of 2025 Shows Mayor Frey’s Approval Rating Has Dropped 20 Points with Minneapolis Voters in Last Four Years
Conducted May 22nd and 23rd, the poll shows the majority of Minneapolis voters do not want Mayor Jacob Frey for a third term.
Polling conducted by Public Policy Polling for Mpls for the Many of 898 Minneapolis voters on May 22nd and 23rd shows that Minneapolis voters do not approve of the job done by Mayor Jacob Frey over the last eight years and are ready for change. Only thirty percent of Minneapolis voters approve of his job performance.
Polling conducted by KARE11 in September, 2021 had Jacob Frey’s approval rating at -1%. Almost four years later and that gap has widened significantly, as 51% of voters now have an unfavorable view of Mayor Frey and only 30% view him favorably, a 21% difference.
With Minneapolis municipal elections only five months away, this is the first polling to be released publicly.
Mpls for the Many Chair Chelsea McFarren had this to say about polling results:
“The results of this polling only confirm what Minneapolis residents already know: Jacob Frey is a deeply unpopular mayor and after eight years with him in charge, voters are ready to move in a new direction. Whether it’s telling voters he would end homelessness within 5 years, that he would ban no-knock warrants or at the very least enact any meaningful police reform–all we have received from Mayor Frey’s poor leadership are broken promises. Polling numbers may grab headlines, but the real story is the repeated failure of Mayor Frey to provide the city with the executive leadership that Minneapolis not only desires but deserves.”