Speaker McCarthy remains Mr. Popularity, 66% GOP approval

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is the most popular leader in Congress.

Showing resilience in the face of internal fights over spending, debt, and impeachment, the California Republican leader has a 42% favorable rating in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters shared with Secrets. A hair fewer, 41%, have an unfavorable view of the first-year speaker.

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That is far better than Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) rating of 26% favorable, 64% unfavorable.

And House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is also much lower, with a 34% favorable rating. His unfavorables are 35%. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) rating is also underwater, 37%-52%.

McCarthy’s favorability ratings have dipped a bit in recent weeks, but he still has the strong support of Republican likely voters, according to Rasmussen.

In the survey, Republicans approve of McCarthy 66%-20%, giving him a strong base to work from as he readies for the fall budget battles and fights with the White House.

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Just last night he teased that the criminal allegations against President Joe Biden that have been uncovered in GOP-led House hearings are “rising” to the level of seriously considering impeachment hearings.

That has tickled GOP hard-line supporters, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has called for hearings for over two years.

After hearing McCarthy talk about the potential for hearings during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Greene tweeted out one word: “Soon.”