House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to the media next to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after meeting with President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Helping to fuel the sinking approval rating for congressional Democrats is their own party. Only 43% of Democrats questioned in the poll gave a thumbs up for the job Democratic lawmakers in Congress were doing, with 48% disapproving.
The poll, the latest this year to indicate the Democratic Party brand hitting historic lows, comes as the party works to win back congressional majorities in next year's elections.
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But in a silver lining for Democrats, 47% of voters questioned in the survey said they would want to see the Democratic Party win control of the House in next year's midterm elections, with 43% hoping the GOP holds its majority.
"A family squabble spills over into the holidays. Democratic voters want their party to hold the reins of the House but are not the least bit happy about what they are doing at the moment," Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to members of the media following the Republican Senate Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Only 35% of voters approved of the way Republicans in Congress were handling their jobs, with 58% disapproving.
But unlike Democratic respondents, Republicans questioned in the poll are giving their members of Congress a big thumbs up.
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Seventy-seven percent of Republicans questioned said they approve of the job GOP lawmakers in Congress were doing, with 18% disapproving.
And according to the poll, which was conducted Dec. 11–15, Trump's approval stood at 40%, with 54% of respondents disapproving of the job he's doing in the White House.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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