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Kevin McCarthy’s popularity continues to slide — even among Republicans
phillynews.fyi ^ | 6/16/21

Posted on 06/16/2021 3:40:40 AM PDT by cotton1706

The more people see of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the less they seem to like. Over the last six years, as the California Republican has gone from being largely unknown among U.S. voters to a national figure, his polling numbers have trended downward. According to Quinnipiac’s May 26 poll, McCarthy now has the lowest favorability rate of top congressional leaders at just 12% — an astounding three points lower than Sen. Mitch McConnell.

That includes groups conservative leaders need to appeal to: A Morning Consult/Politico May 21-24 poll found McCarthy with high unfavorability ratings among several groups critical to the GOP coalition. Christians had a 28% favorable and 41% unfavorable view of him, retirees had a 26% favorable and 49% unfavorable view of him, and families with a military member as head of household had a 29% favorable and 39% unfavorable view of him.

He’s not endearing himself to Donald Trump fans, either. The same Morning Consult/Politico’s poll found that among 2020 Trump voters who had an opinion of McCarthy, 37% had an unfavorable view of him. Compare that to an October 2018 poll by The Economist/YouGov, which found among Trump 2016 voters who had an opinion of McCarthy, only 22% were unfavorable.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections
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1 posted on 06/16/2021 3:40:40 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Moe larry and shemp


2 posted on 06/16/2021 3:42:58 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: cotton1706

Frank Luntz thinks he’s neat!


3 posted on 06/16/2021 3:43:43 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: cotton1706
If he had any testicles at all he would be spearheading an effort to reign in the FBI's reign of terror and the renewed demoncrap effort to turn the IRS into even more of a terrorist organization.

He's a gutless sh*t.

4 posted on 06/16/2021 3:45:42 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: cotton1706
Politics is probably just a small part of McCarthy’s problem.

Let’s face it … In this period of time in American history, establishment politicians bore the sh!t out of a lot of people.

5 posted on 06/16/2021 3:46:42 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: cotton1706

I like Kevin, notwithstanding his Luntz, the Puntz connection.


6 posted on 06/16/2021 3:47:16 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: cotton1706

Although this is probably correct, I no longer trust ANY poll from anyone except Baris.


7 posted on 06/16/2021 3:49:16 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
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To: cotton1706

Nobody likes a squish.


8 posted on 06/16/2021 3:53:58 AM PDT by fwdude (“I do think at a certain point you've paid enough taxes.” — Not Obama)
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To: Dr. Ursus

Aside from the fact that McCarthy is a complete tool devoid of any leadership skills, Tucker completely destroyed what little, if any, credibility he had with conservatives.


9 posted on 06/16/2021 3:54:58 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America! )
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To: cotton1706

That photo is the very definition of Milquetoast.

All three of them, worthless cretins, especially Ryan. He is the worst. A slave to the globalist cabal. /spit.


10 posted on 06/16/2021 3:56:16 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: cotton1706

Trump has transformed the Republican party into a much more working class party with his MAGA brand. The establishment RINOs resent it, and want to return to appealing to the country club crowd. Congress is generally held in contempt by the public. So it isn’t surprising that Congressional leaders have high negatives. However, the refusal of GOP leadership to defend the basic tenant of free and fair elections results in extreme dissatisfaction from many. These “leaders” need replacement sooner rather than later.


11 posted on 06/16/2021 3:58:28 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: cotton1706

The old saying seems to be app here, ‘birds of a feather flock together’. You are known by the company you keep.


12 posted on 06/16/2021 4:07:04 AM PDT by Ron H.
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To: Sirius Lee

He should hold a press conference every day demanding info on who killed Ashli Babbitt.

He should be a leader

He’s not.


13 posted on 06/16/2021 4:23:20 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Dr. Franklin

We are in a war with the Democrats who wish to bring us down for the future of the country.

The Democrats have wartime leaders who are waging a war from above on the American people.

The Republicans have weak leaders who are outright collaborators and people who go along to get along, none of whom are willing to fight back against the Democrats.

Republicans refuse to take the field, so the Democrats win by default.


14 posted on 06/16/2021 4:25:58 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: Fishtalk
He should hold a press conference every day demanding info on who killed Ashli Babbitt.


Every member of Congress and much of the rest of Washington knows exactly who killed Ashli Babbit.

The big question is how and why are they keeping that information secret. Washington city where everything leaks and yet not a peep.

How is this even possible?

15 posted on 06/16/2021 4:31:53 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: cotton1706

Apparently there are, like normal, a lot of Republicans not paying attention. McCarthey’s approval is entirely too high. He needs greater name recognition. I wonder how MTG compares name recognition-wise and approval, obviously she’s higher in approval than McCarthey


16 posted on 06/16/2021 5:05:42 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Maris Crane
I like Kevin, notwithstanding his Luntz, the Puntz connection.

How in the world can you like McCarthey when he is a flipflopping RINO? He doesn't give a damn about Trump, you or me.

17 posted on 06/16/2021 5:07:59 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Fishtalk

....some time ago, maybe last year or the year before, some pundit wrote that McCarthy just dreams about becoming speaker of the house some day....maybe he suffers from blind ambition or something....I don’t trust him or any politician for that matter....


18 posted on 06/16/2021 5:31:41 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: TokarevM57

Louis Gohmert for Speaker - 2024 !


19 posted on 06/16/2021 5:41:16 AM PDT by DrHFrog
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To: cotton1706

After what these three did to Bob McDonell and VA was just a test for their destruction of the entire country. All three should get the McDonnell treatment and their entire families should pay the same price.


20 posted on 06/16/2021 5:54:00 AM PDT by cnsmom
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