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No one knows better than Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer just how enraged the Democratic base is — and it’s not just a little frustration. According to Politico, the party is on the verge of mutiny.
Accordingtotheoutlet,thefurygrippingthepartyhasreachedhistoriclevels,creatingaseismicriftbetweencongressionalDemocratsandtheirgrassroots.Ifthisangerkeepsboilingover,itcouldupendthe2026primariesandreshapetheparty’sfuture.
“CongressionalDemocratshavetypicallyenjoyedhigherpopularitywiththeirvotingbasethantheirRepublicancounterparts,”thepapernotes.“Butthetraumaofthe2024presidentialelectiondefeatappearstohaverupturedthatrelationship.AreviewofQuinnipiacUniversity’sannualfirst-quartercongressionalpollingrevealsthat,forthefirsttimeinthepoll’shistory,congressionalDemocratsarenowunderwaterwiththeirownvotersinapprovalratings.”
Just40percentofDemocratsapproveofthejobperformanceofcongressionalDemocrats,comparedto49percentwhodisapprove.That’sadramaticchangefromthistimelastyear,when75percentofDemocratsapprove
