Favorability for Congressional Leaders Still Low

Publication Date: 04/29/2026 5:00 AM CST

Favorability for Congressional Leaders Still Low

Publication: 04/29/2026 5:00 AM CST

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, is viewed favorably by 28% and unfavorably by 36%.
- Johnson's favorability has been trending down from a high of 38% in May 2025, and this month's favorability is 2 points down from March's rating.
- Half (49%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Johnson, but only 13% of Democrats have the same view.
Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, has a favorable review of 26% and an unfavorable review of 34%.
- Perhaps because Jeffries is the minority leader, his favorability numbers steadily rose from a low of 21% 2 years ago.
- Over the past year or so, his favorability ratings have gone up and down, beginning with 32% in January 2025 and a high of 36% last July.
- Many voters (40%) have never heard of Jeffries or don't know enough to have an opinion.
Vice President JD Vance is viewed favorably by 40% of voters and unfavorably by 52%.
- Opinions have continued to slip since December's high, when Vance's favorables were at 50%, and his unfavorables were at 44%.
- Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Vance compared to just 14% of Democrats.
Most voters (53%) still have not heard of (or do not know enough about) Senate Majority Leader John Thune to have an opinion.
- He is viewed favorably by 17%, and unfavorably by 30%.
- His favorability is down 2 points from March, and his unfavorability is up 2 points.
Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been in office since 1999 and is relatively well known.
- He is viewed favorably by 27%, a 2-point decrease from March.
- Schumer is viewed unfavorably by 47%, the same rating as March.
- Even among Democrats, Schumer has low ratings, with 44% Favorable and 31% Unfavorable.

To see long term trends on how voters view congressional leaders, see the Tracking: Favorables page.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, April 22-23, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.