Favorability for Vance Improves, Not So Much for Other Congressional Leaders

Publication Date: 12/24/2025 5:00 AM CST

Favorability for Vance Improves, Not So Much for Other Congressional Leaders

Publication: 12/24/2025 5:00 AM CST

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Vice President J.D. Vance is viewed favorably by 50% of voters and unfavorably by 44%.
- Opinions have flipped since last month when Vance's favorables were at 44% ago, and his unfavorables were at 50%.
- Eighty-four percent (84%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Vance compared to just 15% of Democrats.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, is viewed favorably by 31% and unfavorably by 35%.
- This is down 2 points from the 33% favorability he has had since August.
- His unfavorable rating is down 2 points from last month's 37%, the highest since April when it was the same.
- As expected, 50% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Johnson, but only 15% of Democrats have the same view.
Minority Leader of the U.S House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, has a favorable review of 27% and an unfavorable review of 33%.
- 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, a high of 36% in July, and this month's low of 27%.
- Many voters (39%) have never heard of Jeffries or don't know enough to have an opinion.
Most voters still do not have a favorable opinion of Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
- He is viewed favorably by 21%, a 1-point increase from a month ago.
- Thune is viewed unfavorably by 27%, a 2-point drop from last month.
- Half (51%) have either never heard of him or don't know enough to have an opinion.
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 drop from a month ago.
- Schumer is viewed unfavorably by 48%, a 3-point drop from last month.
- Even among Democrats, Schumer has low ratings, with 41% Favorable and 29% Unfavorable.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, December 17-18, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.