GOP approval rises, Democrats fall post-impeachment in Gallup poll
By: J. EDWARD MORENO
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A new Gallup poll finds congressional Republicans with a higher approval rating than Democrats in the wake of President Trump 's impeachment and acquittal in the Senate.
Republicans get a 40 percent approval rating, compared to 35 percent for Democrats.
The Gallup poll found that since October, shortly after Democrats launched the impeachment inquiry, the approval rating for Republicans in the Gallup poll has gone up six points, from 34 percent to 40 percent. Democrats saw their approval rating fall over the same period from 38 percent to 35 percent.
The disapproval rating in the Gallup poll for Democrats rose, from 57 percent to 62 percent.
The findings are also significant in that since Gallup began polling of lawmakers in 1999, Democrats have tended to have a higher approval rating than Republicans.
Gallup wrote that the approval rating for Republicans has largely gone up because Republican and Republican-leaning respondents are giving them higher marks for their work.
Gallup also found that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell ’s (R-Ky.) had a 33 percent approval rating, the highest number he has achieved since the pollster started rating him in 2010. McConnell's figures largely rose on the strength of Republicans, perhaps because they favored his handling of the impeachment fight. His rating among Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents rose 15 points.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 's (D-Calif.) approval number remained roughly the same at 39 percent, though her unfavorable rating rose from 50 percent in October to 55 percent now.
The Gallup poll was conducted Feb. 17-28, 2020 with a random sample of 1,020 adults living throughout the U.S. and was compared to data collected in October 2019. The poll has a margin of 4 percentage points and a 95 percent confidence level.
The House impeachment inquiry began in late September and went on into December, when the articles of impeachment were sent to the Senate.
After a nearly 3-week trial in the Senate, Trump was acquitted on both charges almost entirely along partisan lines.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the sole Republican who voted to convict Trump on one impeachment charge, found his general approval ratings remain the same, largely due to higher approval from Democrats surveyed and an equal dip in approval from Republicans.
More Democrats give Romney a favorable rating than do Republicans in the Gallup survey.
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For those who believe in polling this may be a prelude to the coming election. I guess maybe you are perceived to be as you are.
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In other words, there was nothing objectively positive done by the Republicans to explain this rise. It is a consolidation of Republican solidarity.
In other words, who cares?
I beg to differ - starting with this:
As of February 27, 2020 [update], the United States Senate has confirmed 193 Article III judges nominated by President Trump, including 2 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 51 judges for the United States Courts of Appeals, 138 judges for the United States District Courts, and 2 judges for the United States Court of International Trade.
In other words, who cares?
I'm sorry you feel that way, John.