Mitch McConnell hit with lowest approval ratings among congressional leaders: Poll

Each of the four party leaders in Congress suffers from low approval ratings as lawmakers head home for the holidays after a tumultuous year. But one leader sits at the bottom as even members of his own party disapprove of his job performance: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Only 6% of voters approve of McConnell’s job as the Republican leader in the upper chamber compared to 60% who disapprove, according to a recent poll by Monmouth University. Another 34% said they have no opinion of the minority leader.

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Those numbers remain low among his own party, with only 10% of Republican voters approving of his job performance compared to 41% who say the opposite, the poll shows. That makes McConnell the only leader in Congress to have a net negative approval rating from within his own voter base. A spokesperson for McConnell has not responded to a request for comment by the Washington Examiner.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) fared better than his GOP counterpart, with 21% of voters saying they approve of his job performance, according to the poll. Another 41% said they disapproved, and another 38% said they had no opinion.

Among his own party, Schumer has higher marks, with 48% of Democratic voters saying they approve of the majority leader compared to just 18% who said the opposite. Another 34% said they had no opinion.

On the House side, both House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) did well among their party bases, but both leaders struggled as more than half of voters said they did not have an opinion of the two.

About 17% of voters said they think Johnson is doing a good job as the newly elected speaker compared to 31% who said the opposite, the poll showed. But 51% said they had no opinion of his job performance — over half of the electorate.

Jeffries fared slightly better than Johnson as 21% of voters said they approved of his job performance compared to just 22% who said they disapproved, according to the survey. But more voters (56%) said they had no opinion.

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Overall, an overwhelming majority of voters say they disapprove of Congress as a whole, with 77% of the electorate disapproving of its job performance so far this year, according to the poll. Only 17% said they approve of the job Congress is doing.

The Monmouth University poll surveyed 803 voters between Nov. 30 and Dec. 4, and it has a margin of error of roughly 4.8 percentage points.