approval rating Archives

Sinema’s Schtick Not Working for Dems or GOPers

March 23, 2021 Buck Banks

39% to 40%

A new OH Predictive Insights poll in Arizona finds Sen. Kirsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) favorability is now underwater at 39% to 40%.Sinema is viewed favorably by just 50% of Democratic voters, but 30% of her party views her unfavorably. Sinema is still upside down with Republicans by 22%. In contrast, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has a 79% to 11% favorability rating with Democrats.

Schumer’s Approval Hits 20-Year Low

February 24, 2021 Buck Banks

41%

A new Marist poll finds 41% of New York registered voters think Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is doing either an excellent (15%) or good (26%) job in office. That rating is Schumer’s lowest job approval score since March of 2000.

Biden Already More Popular than Trump Ever Was

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Buck Banks

55% to 42%

A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has gained six points since the election for a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating — down three points — and a 57% unfavorable rating.

Three-Quarters Disapprove of Congress’ Performance

June 3, 2019 Buck Banks

75%

A new Gallup poll shows that just 20% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. The vast majority, 75%, disapprove of the job Congress is doing.

More Americans Disapprove of Trump’s Tax Scam

October 11, 2018 Buck Banks

46% to 39%

A new Gallup poll finds that more Americans continue to disapprove than approve of last year’s sweeping tax overhaul bill signed into law by President Trump, 46% to 39%.

McConnell the Least Popular U.S. Senator

October 11, 2018 Buck Banks

33%

With an approval rating of 33 percent nationally and a disapproval rating of 52 percent in his home state of Kentucky, Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the nation’s least popular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the most popular with a 63 percent approval rating.”

U.S. Leadership Plunges Worldwide in Trump’s First Year

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Buck Banks

30%

Ratings of U.S. leadership fell in nearly every part of the world in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, dragging median approval to a record-low 30%, according to Gallup.

Trump Has Higher Approval than Clinton

September 7, 2017 Buck Banks

30%

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds President Trump’s approval rate has sunk to a new low of 36%. For comparison, Hillary Clinton’s approval is at a new low of 30%.

McConnell’s Approval Rating in Kentucky Lower than Trump’s Nationally

August 23, 2017 Buck Banks

18%

A new Public Policy Polling survey finds 74% of Kentuckians disapprove of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) job performance, while only 18% approve. Furthermore, just 27% of state residents approved of the Republican health care bill which went down to defeat.

Macron’s Numbers Match Trump’s

August 21, 2017 Buck Banks

36%

Le Figaro poll in France finds that just 36% of French citizens approve of President Emmanuel Macron after 100 days in office.

39% to 40%

41%

A new Marist poll finds 41% of New York registered voters think Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is doing either an excellent (15%) or good (26%) job in office. That rating is Schumer’s lowest job approval score since March of 2000.

55% to 42%

A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has gained six points since the election for a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating — down three points — and a 57% unfavorable rating.

75%

A new Gallup poll shows that just 20% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. The vast majority, 75%, disapprove of the job Congress is doing.

46% to 39%

A new Gallup poll finds that more Americans continue to disapprove than approve of last year’s sweeping tax overhaul bill signed into law by President Trump, 46% to 39%.

33%

30%

Ratings of U.S. leadership fell in nearly every part of the world in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, dragging median approval to a record-low 30%, according to Gallup.

30%

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds President Trump’s approval rate has sunk to a new low of 36%. For comparison, Hillary Clinton’s approval is at a new low of 30%.

18%

A new Public Policy Polling survey finds 74% of Kentuckians disapprove of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) job performance, while only 18% approve. Furthermore, just 27% of state residents approved of the Republican health care bill which went down to defeat.

36%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“It does make the conversation of the primary all about Trump, which is a good dynamic he had going for him in 2016, everyone being asked to react to Trump. We’re right now fighting a primary so all that matters is the party, and we can deal with the general after….”

— A GOP operative, quoted by the Washington Post, on the impact of Donald Trump being indicted.

— Gov. Ron DeSantis, when asked about Donald Trump’s “Ron DeSantimonius” nickname for him.

“I’m emancipated now.” — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on her life as a backbencher.

— Alexander Burns

— Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, distancing himself from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ apparent flip-flop on the war in Ukraine, on the Hugh Hewitt radio show.

Numerati

$20

Politico: “After inflation rocketed upward last year, those pushing for higher minimum wages see a new opening to gain ground on raising worker pay.”

3,500

$3,300

“Donald Trump asked his followers to sign a petition denouncing his potential arrest in New York,” Insider reports. “But signing this petition leads people straight to a page where they’re asked to give $3,300 or other suggested amounts of cash to his 2024 campaign.”

1.5

21

Twenty-one members of the South Carolina State House are considering a bill that would make a woman who has an abortion in the state eligible for the death penalty, Rolling Stone reports.