This month, all the leaders on our survey were viewed less negatively than in last month's survey. It will be interesting next month to see if this is statistical noise or an actual shift.
J.D. Vance is viewed favorably by 45% of voters, and unfavorably by 43%. While positive perceptions have dropped 2 points since last month, his unfavorable number dropped 6 points from 49% to 43%. Those totals include 23% who have a Very Favorable opinion of him, and 34% who have a Very Unfavorable opinion of him.
This is the second month in a row his unfavorable number has dropped, coming down from a high of 52% in April.
Eight in 10 Republicans (81%) have a positive view of the vice president, while just over 7 in 10 Democrats (73%) have an unfavorable opinion.
House Majority Leader Mike Johnson is just shy of an even rating: 34% view him favorably, and 35% unfavorably. His favorable rating is unchanged since last month, staying at its highest point since July of last year. Meanwhile, his unfavorable rating is down 2 points.
House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries also seems to be enjoying some more positive perceptions among voters; 32% now view him favorably, up 2 points from last month and up 6 from April. Meanwhile, his unfavorable rating dropped 4 months from June and sits back at its April levels. Still, 34% of voters haven't heard of Jeffries or don't know enough to have an opinion.
As for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, nearly half of voters (48%) have never heard of him or don't know enough to have an opinion. Overall though, 22% view him favorably, up from 17% last month, while 30% view him unfavorably, down 5 points from 35%.
Thune catches some ire from Republicans, and is the only leader on this list who does not have a lopsided partisan split. Republicans view him favorably by a relatively small 32% to 21% margin. While 10% of Republicans view him Very Favorably, 8% view him Very Unfavorably.
Finally, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is viewed favorably by 32% of voters, and unfavorably by 43%. The favorable number is up 2 points from last month, but Schumer's 43% unfavorable rating is down a significant 9 points. Still, taking the average of this month's 43% and last month's 52% lands Schumer within half a point of from the preceeding 4 surveys going back to December of 2025.
This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, July 13-14, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.
