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Bluetus

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10. Here is a Quinnipiac poll from last week that measures this directly
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 11:41 PM
Monday
https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3959

"Twenty percent of voters approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, while 72 percent disapprove, nearing the all-time low set in Quinnipiac University's December 2025 poll, when 18 percent of voters approved and 73 percent disapproved."

That's saying all Americans on average (including Republicans in the sample) give Dems in Congress 18% approval.

But take the Republicans and Independents out of it.

"... among Democrats, 41 percent approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, while 50 percent disapprove."

That's a damning result. Now, to be sure, much of that is frustration from Trump's non-stop lawlessness. But evidently, the average Democrat thinks Democrats in Congress could be doing more to stop that, or at least provide a more effective opposition. Count me in that group. And remember, this started with the proposition that David Hogg is seeking to get more progressive, more active, more confrontational people elected. I humbly suggest that Hogg is more representative of what the average Democrat is feeling these days than anything we hear from Congressional leaders or the DNC. I just can't abide the status quo or "this too shall pass" thinking.

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