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Last week, we released new Civic Heartbeat polling showing that the 2025 Seattle mayoral contest could be very competitive, which has since become the talk of the town’s political circles. Today, we have more data to share indicating that voters are becoming even more disenchanted with the city’s other Class of 2021 incumbents — Ann Davison and Sara Nelson. We’ve been tracking the job performance ratings for all three of them over the course of the last several years, and while Harrell’s disapproval has held steady over the last few months, the same cannot be said for Davison and Nelson.

Our May 2025 Civic Heartbeat survey finds record numbers of likely 2025 Seattle general election voters disapproving of the job performance of each. 38% disapprove of Davison’s job performance, while 25% approve and 37% are not sure; 40% disapprove of Nelson’s job performance, while 19% approve and 41% are not sure.

Davison’s previous worst disapproval number was 32%; Nelson’s was 34%.

Davison’s spread has gone from a net of negative three points in January (32% — 29% = 3%) to negative thirteen points this month, while Nelson’s spread has gone from a net of negative ten points in January (33% — 23% = 10%) to negative twenty-one points this month. More than twice as many voters disapprove of Nelson’s work than approve — an ominous sign for her — and Davison’s stock is also still declining.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/05/record-numbers-of-seattle-voters-disapprove-of-the-performance-of-city-attorney-ann-davison-and-council-president-sara-nelson.html