Question: Name the area of the city where Phildelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is the most popular? Answer: Northeast Philadelphia, where he has a job approval rating of 59 percent. That is an astonishing factoid found in the latest Pew poll, which was released Tuesday (Feb. 9) And where is this black mayor least popular? Answer: Predominantly black North Philadelphia, where his job approval sits at 42 percent. The poll, done by Pew's Philadelphia Research Initiative, shows Nutter's overall job approval rating is 53 percent approve to 32 percent disapprove. This is up a few points from last spring. Among the various categories of voters, Nutter's job approval rating is highest among whites (65%), college graduates (62%), those 65 and older (65%) and among those with household income over $100,000 (62%).
