The majority of Americans disapprove of Republicans handling of the history-making House speaker election that ended just after midnight Saturday following 15 rounds of votes and high drama on the House floor, according to a new survey.
Kevin McCarthy secured the speakership on the 15th ballot. The picture was taken by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call.
The majority of the people who were surveyed by CBS News/YouGov from Wednesday to Friday said they disapprove of the speaker election process, compared to 45% who said they approve.
The process, which ended after McCarthy agreed to a significant number of House rules changes his hard-right detractors pushed in what they said was an effort to restore power to the rank-and-file members, was disapproved by a majority of Republican respondents.
26% of Republicans and 12% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of McCarthy, but 34% of survey respondents have an unfavorable opinion of him.
70% of respondents want House Republicans to work with Biden and Democrats, as the GOP prepares to launch a series of investigations into the Biden Administration and is expected to try to dismantle his signature policies under a Republican-controlled House.
Half of the Republicans want the GOP to challenge Democrats, while the other half want them to work with the opposing party.
54 percent. Survey respondents said they paid a lot of attention to the speaker election.
More survey respondents think the Democratic party is better than the Republican party.
McCarthy was elected speaker early Saturday morning after 15 rounds of voting. A coalition of about 20 Republicans blocked him from reaching the majority threshold needed to win the election, but 14 of them flipped their votes after McCarthy gave in to a number of demands. McCarthy agreed to seek caps on discretionary government spending and to establish a new committee focused on the weaponization of the federal government. McCarthy was forced to keep both moderate lawmakers and more conservative hardliners in line with only four votes to spare because of the divisions within the Republican caucus.
Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the house.
Kevin McCarthy gave up a lot in order to win the speakership.
The House Speaker Race is not nearly as Chaotic as the 133-ballot epic in 1856.
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