Dem
47
GOP
53
A Gallup poll taken Jan. 21-27 asked U.S. adults whether they had a favorable or unfavorable view of various politicians. Most politicians were not viewed favorably, except Robert Kennedy Jr., Marco Rubio, and Hakeem Jeffries. Broken down by partisanship, here are the results for Republican politicians:
| Republicans | Independents | Democrats | All | |||||
| Republican | Fav. | Unfav. | Fav. | Unfav. | Fav. | Unfav. | Net fav. | |
| Robert Kennedy Jr. | 80% | 12% | 43% | 36% | 19% | 70% | +8% | |
| Marco Rubio | 67% | 9% | 36% | 35% | 23% | 55% | +8% | |
| John Thune | 52% | 4% | 25% | 23% | 10% | 47% | +3% | |
| J.D. Vance | 87% | 4% | 38% | 39% | 7% | 78% | +2% | |
| Mike Johnson | 65% | 9% | 32% | 36% | 15% | 58% | +1% | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 50% | 12% | 24% | 28% | 12% | 39% | +1% | |
| Donald Trump | 93% | 7% | 47% | 49% | 7% | 92% | -2% | |
| Elon Musk | 83% | 9% | 38% | 48% | 11% | 85% | -4% | |
| Pete Hegseth | 51% | 11% | 16% | 26% | 4% | 50% | -7% | |
When the favorable + unfavorable ratings are less than 100%, the remaining people didn't have an opinion. Much of this is predictable, such as Republicans loving Trump and Democrats hating him, but there are a few surprises. Independents like Kennedy but don't like Tulsi Gabbard, Elon Musk, and Pete Hegseth. The message here to Democrats is to pound on Musk as being a huge danger to the country. There is potential here that it will stick. If Musk manages to hang on until, say, next January, the Democrats could run on an "Eat the billionaires" platform, with Musk as the poster boy. It could work.
Now on to the Democrats:
| Republicans | Independents | Democrats | All | |||||
| Democrat | Fav. | Unfav. | Fav. | Unfav. | Fav. | Unfav. | Net fav. | |
| Hakeem Jeffries | 11% | 56% | 30% | 27% | 68% | 4% | +7% | |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 4% | 76% | 24% | 40% | 66% | 5% | -10% | |
| Kamala Harris | 6% | 91% | 38% | 56% | 87% | 11% | -11% | |
| Chuck Schumer | 8% | 77% | 27% | 43% | 67% | 14% | -12% | |
| Nancy Pelosi | 7% | 89% | 26% | 58% | 72% | 20% | -23% | |
It is interesting that Hakeem Jeffries is the only Democrat above water. This is probably because Republicans have not targeted him intensely, as they have all the others. His favorables among Republicans soar at 11% while his unfavorables are a mere 56%. Also noteworthy is that 20% of Democrats don't like Pelosi, probably mostly progressives. After all, she tried to get stuff done. She knew no progressive bills could ever pass Congress, so she never tried. (V)