John Cornyn’s disapproval among Texas voters worsened dramatically as he negotiated a bipartisan gun bill, new poll shows

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in April. Cornyn was a lead Senator negotiator on a gun bill that Congress passed last month. (Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune)

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's approval rating among Texas voters plummeted as he shepherded the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act through the Senate, a new poll shows.

About 50% of the poll’s participants disapproved of how Cornyn is doing as a U.S. senator, while 24% approved, according to the June poll conducted by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. In April, those percentages were 39% and 32%, respectively.