In Reply to: The Way is Shut! posted by mh on April 08, 2026 at 11:50:23
Polling shows these senators and representatives who are voting with Trump are putting themselves in electoral danger. New estimates I’ve produced show that Trump’s approval rating is below 50% among registered voters in 135 Republican-held congressional seats — 104 in the House and 31 in the Senate. And his approval is below 45% in jurisdictions represented by 44 Republican members of Congress — 34 in the House and 10 in the Senate.
Almost every one of the members who opposed the effort to restrain Trump’s war authority in March represents voters who disapprove of his job performance in general and of the war in Iran in particular. The argument of this piece is simple: Trump is unpopular even in a lot of red seats, but Republicans vote with him because party and interpersonal incentives are currently stronger than district incentives. But the electorate is demanding change and reform, even from Republican lawmakers.