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Poll shows 25 percent view McConnell favorably, lowest among leaders in survey | TheHill

posted onJanuary 23, 2019
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Article snippet: Only a quarter of U.S. voters view Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) favorably, the lowest of any other congressional leader included in the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Tuesday. The survey showed McConnell’s favorability underwater at just 25 percent, with 44 percent having an unfavorable view. Senate Minority Leader MORE (R-Calif.) was not included in the survey. The approval rating for all three leaders are below MORE’s favorability, according to the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey, which stands at 41 percent, while Vice President Pence comes in at 42 percent. Mark Penn, the co-director of the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, said that McConnell’s dwindling favorability, as well as that of other congressional leaders, suggests that the government shutdown is taking a political toll on lawmakers.“None of the leaders in Congress have near the favorability of President Trump — McConnell has the lowest national numbers, but Pelosi and Schumer are also facing widespread opposition despite the pulpit and authority they now wield,” Penn said, adding that there’s “no sign anyone in Congress is winning the shutdown.”McConnell’s low favorability comes amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and as he prepares to head into his 2020 reelection bid.Democrats, fresh off a successful bid to recapture the House majority in 2018, are bullish about their chances of flipping control of the Senate next year, when nearly two-dozen Rep... Link to the full article to read more

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