44% View Speaker Johnson Favorably
Clinging to a one-vote Republican majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson’s popularity with voters has actually increased in recent weeks.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters have a favorable impression of Johnson, including 16% with a Very Favorable opinion of the Louisiana Republican. Thirty-two percent (32%) view Johnson unfavorably, including 14% with a Very Unfavorable impression. Another 24% are not sure. In late February, 39% had a favorable impression of Johnson. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 1,105 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on April 21-23, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research.
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