The story: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has the notable distinction of being the “least popular leader in Congress.”
The details: A recent Rasmussen survey polled voters for their perception of leaders in Congress. A particular emphasis was placed on evaluating the following Congressional Representatives: House Speaker Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
The report, released October 6th, found that Speaker Pelosi was the “least popular” leader in Congress, with 60% recording they view her unfavorably—and 51% of those reporting they “view” her very unfavorably.
The study showed that, not surprisingly, political affiliation heavily impacts polling results. For example, 64 percent of Democrats view Speaker favorably, compared with 13 percent of Republicans. However, Rasmussen reports that partisanship “does not fully explain Pelosi’s remarkable unpopularity.”
Other key leaders did not score much better, which is in line with other Rasmussen polls showing Congress’ approval rating among Americans to be about 21%. McConnell and Schumer scored unfavorable ratings of 55 percent and 54 percent, respectively, and of those, 43 percent have a “very” unfavorable view of Shumer, and 36 percent have a “very” unfavorable view of McConnell.
The Rasmussen report comes at a critical time for Congress, which is struggling to agree on several key points of the Federal Budget and a 3.5 trillion dollar infrastructure bill (the true cost of which is highly debated).
The Rasmussen study was conducted on October 3-4 of this year with a sampling of 1000 likely voters. The reputable polling agency has a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
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