Two weeks into Joe Biden’s presidency, Republicans are lamenting the fact that Democrats now control the White House and both branches of Congress — and the latest Pollapalooza released by FiveThirtyEight won’t give them any reason for optimism. Pollapalooza, a weekly polling roundup, finds that eight well-known Republicans in Congress have poor favorability ratings.
FiveThirtyEight came up with a polling average for the eight Republicans by combining the results of new Morning Consult/Politico, YouGov/The Economist and SurveyMonkey/Axios polls. And the Republicans are broken down into three groups: “controversial freshmen” (Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina), “better-known Trump allies” (Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy) and “Republicans who have broken with Trump” (Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming).
The “controversial freshmen” had some of the lowest favorability ratings, including 15% for Greene, 12% for Boebert and 11% for Cawthorn. But the “Republicans who have broken with Trump” don’t fare much better. McConnell’s favorability, according to FiveThirtyEight, is 19%, while Cheney’s is 27%. And the favorability among the “better-known Trump allies” includes 19% for Hawley, 34% for Cruz and 23% for McCarthy. Continue reading.