Among conservatives it’s even worse (as you’d expect), down a whopping 27-points.

Via The Hill:

The pope’s favorability rating among Americans has plummeted in the past year and a half, according to a new poll, although he still retains a wholly positive reputation.

Fifty nine percent of Americans have a favorable view of Pope Francis, while 16 percent view him unfavorably in a new Gallup poll. That’s down from a 76-percent favorability rating in February, 2014, but in line with his rating when he was inaugurated in 2013.

His favorability has fallen significantly among most groups, but especially conservatives, where support has dropped 27 percentage points since last year. Support from liberals has dropped 14 percent, while his favorability among American Catholics dropped from 89 percent to 71 percent.

Art Swift at Gallup writes that the decline among conservatives “may be attributable to the pope’s denouncing of ‘the idolatry of money’ and attributing climate change partially to human activity, along with his passionate focus on income inequality — all issues that are at odds with many conservatives’ beliefs.”