Favorability of Congressional Leaders

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• Vice President J.D. Vance is viewed favorably by 48% of voters and unfavorably by 46%.
  • Vance’s favorables are up 2 points from a month ago and the highest since May.
• Most voters still do not have a favorable opinion of Senate Minority Leader John Thune.
  • He is viewed favorably by 22% and unfavorably by 26%. Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 33% and unfavorably by 46%.
  • Schumer’s favorables are up 2 points from a month ago and the highest since May.
• Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, is viewed favorably by 33% and unfavorably by 36%.
  • Johnson’s favorables are down 4 points from a month ago and down 5 points since May.
• Minority Leader of the U.S House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, has a favorable review of 32% and an unfavorable review of 34%.
  • Jeffries’ favorables are down 4 points from a month ago but up 2 points since May.

The most recent data cited is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen August 21, 2025. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. and has a margin of error of +/-  3.1.