Congressional leaders' approval ratings underwater in new poll
The nation's top congressional leaders are not very popular, a new poll suggests.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.); Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.); Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.); and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are all underwater as they gear up for battles over federal spending and President Trump's agenda in the coming weeks.
The CNN/SSRS poll released Tuesday found that none of the four polled higher than 23 percent favorably.
Asked generally about congressional leadership slates, 60 percent of respondents said they disapprove of how the GOP's leaders are handling their jobs in Congress, while 37 percent said they approve. More than 70 percent of the people surveyed said they disapprove of Democratic leadership and 27 percent said they approve.
But the poll found that individually, Johnson, Jeffries and Thune — all of whom ascended to top leadership roles in the past two years — remain largely unknown among the broader public. Those who said they were familiar with them were more likely to view them negatively than positively.
About 43 percent of respondents said they had never heard of or had no opinion about Johnson, the second in line to the presidency, including 38 percent of the Republicans and Republican-leaning independents polled. The House GOP © The Hill
