{"id":2404444,"date":"2025-02-19T21:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T02:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-approval-of-congress-highest-in-20-years-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T21:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T02:28:28","slug":"republicans-approval-of-congress-highest-in-20-years-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-approval-of-congress-highest-in-20-years-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans&#8217; approval of Congress highest in 20 years &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-approval-of-congress-highest-in-20-years-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404444&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent Gallup poll indicates that Republican voters&#8217; approval of Congress has reached its highest level in 20 years, with a 53% approval rating reported for the period from February 3 to 16. This marks a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-upenn-cash-infusion-as-biden-think-tank-opened-was-startling-ex-official\/\" title=\"Former official finds China&#039;s financial support for UPenn&#039;s Biden think tank &#039;surprising&#039;.\">significant rise compared<\/a> to a \u200clow of \u200bjust 4% in 2022 \u2062and is\u2062 the highest approval rating as 2005 when it peaked at 57%. Notably, the last time approval\u200b surpassed 50% among\u2062 Republicans was during the early days of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency in \u20642017. This increase in approval may be\u2062 closely linked\u200c to Trump&#8217;s strong support, with a striking 93% of Republicans approving of him. trump&#8217;s overall \u2064approval rating, however, stands at 45%, with \u2063diminished support from\u200b Democrats and independents. The article also notes trends in Democratic voter approval, which tends \u200dto spike with new administrations but has generally remained lower than Republican\u2062 figures in recent years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans&rsquo; approval of Congress highest in 20 years: Poll<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video\">\n<div id=\"Brid_22530\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> voters&rsquo; approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Congress<\/a> has reached a 20-year high, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/656891\/trump-job-approval-rating-congress-jumps.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> a new Gallup survey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The poll, taken from Feb. 3-16, found that Republicans gave Congress a 53% approval rating, the highest since 2005, when they gave the Republican trifecta a 57% approval rating. The last time the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-worrying-sign-cnn-panicking-after-their-poll-shows-head-to-head-matchup-with-biden\/\" title=\"CNN in Panic Mode as Their ... Reveals Troubling Matchup with Biden\">congressional approval rating<\/a> among Republicans was at or above 50% was at the beginning of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first term in 2017, when they gave it 50%.<\/p>\n<p>The approval rating change is a massive change for GOP voters from a low of 4% in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">highest recorded congressional approval rating<\/a> from Republicans came immediately after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, when it stood at 89%.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic voters have had similar trends in their views of Congress, with spikes of approval during the onset of a new Democratic administration. The highest Democratic totals of the past 20 years were 63% in 2009 and 61% in 2021; approval ratings have been underwater for the most part after those spikes, though typically not as low as the lowest Republican approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p>The current surge in Republican support for the GOP-led Congress appears to be Trump&rsquo;s doing; the same poll found a 93% approval rating for the president among Republicans, among his highest ever.<\/p>\n<p>However, his overall approval rating was 45%, due to a 4% approval rating among Democrats and 37% among independents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3322408\/trump-musk-cozy-up-hannity-interview-defend-unconventional-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP AND MUSK COZY UP IN INTERVIEW TO DEFEND UNCONVENTIONAL PRESIDENCY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On individual issues, Trump received a 92% approval rating from Republicans on immigration, 90% for foreign affairs, 90% for the economy, 89% for foreign trade, 80% for his handling of the Middle East, and 80% for his handling of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Trump entered office having almost completely consolidated support from the Republican Party in Congress. Unlike 2017, when a slew of Republican voices were vocally against him, almost no congressional Republicans now speak out against him. So far, all of his Cabinet nominations, including the most controversial ones such as Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Robert F. 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