Favorability for Congressional Leaders Remains Low

Publication Date: 03/15/2026 5:00 AM CST

Favorability for Congressional Leaders Remains Low

Publication: 03/15/2026 5:00 AM CST

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Vice President J.D. Vance is viewed favorably by 43% of voters and unfavorably by 51%.
- Opinions have continued to slip since December's high, when Vance's favorables were at 50%, and his unfavorables were at 44%.
- Eighty-five percent (82%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Vance compared to just 9% of Democrats.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, is viewed favorably by 30% and unfavorably by 35%.
- Johnson's favorability has been trending down from a high of 38% in May 2025, and this month's favorability is 1 point down from January's rating.
- Johnson's unfavorability went up 2 points from January.
- As expected, 51% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Johnson, but only 12% of Democrats have the same view.
Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, has a favorable review of 28% and an unfavorable review of 35%.
- Perhaps because Jeffries is the minority leader, his favorability numbers steadily rose from a low of 21% 2 years ago.
- Over the past year, his favorability ratings have gone up and down, beginning with 32% in January and a high of 36% in July.
- Before going up 2 points from January's 26%, Jeffries' favorability had declined from November through January.
- Many voters (38%) have never heard of Jeffries or don't know enough to have an opinion.
Most voters (53%) still either have not heard of (or do not know enough about) Senate Majority Leader John Thune to have an opinion.
- He is viewed favorably by 19%, and unfavorably by 28%.
- His favorability rose 1 point, but his unfavorability also rose 4 points.
Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been in office since 1999 and is relatively well known.
- He is viewed favorably by 29%, a 5-point increase from January's low of 24%.
- Schumer is viewed unfavorably by 47%, 1 point lower than in January.
- Even among Democrats, Schumer has low ratings, with 45% Favorable and 31% Unfavorable.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, March 11-12. 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.