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© John Shinkle/PoliticoAmong his own party, McCain is at a 35 percent to 55 percent approval.
Sen. John McCain is the least popular senator in the country of those surveyed by Public Policy Polling, with low marks from members of his own party, independents and Democrats.

Just 30 percent of Arizona voters approve of the job the Republican senator is doing, while 54 percent disapprove, according to a PPP release Thursday. That is the worst of any senator's polling in the nation that PPP has found.

Among members of his own party, McCain is at 35 percent approval to 55 percent disapproval; the comparable figures among Democrats are 29 percent to 53 percent, and among independents, 25 percent to 55 percent.

McCain also trails most potential challengers if he chooses to run again in 2016. Former Rep. Gabby Giffords led McCain 42 percent to 35 percent in a hypothetical matchup, and former Surgeon General Richard Carmona led McCain 41 percent to 35 percent.

McCain has said he's considering running again in 2016, though he hasn't committed yet to a reelection campaign. McCain is 77 years old.

The left-leaning PPP surveyed 870 Arizona voters from Feb. 28 to March 2 for the poll, which has an error margin of 3.3 percentage points. Eighty percent of those polled were landlines, although just over half of Arizona's 2012 voters were cell only, according to exit polls.