POLL: Mitt Romney is Now More Popular With Democrats than Republicans While Trump Approval is Near Highs

A Gallup poll was released today that shows, “More Americans approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing than of congressional Democrats’ performance — 40% vs. 35%.” Other stats were included in the poll and one Republican Senator and former presidential nominee who does not enjoy favorability within his own party, but that of the Democrats is Utah’s Mitt Romney. Meanwhile, President Trump is sitting near the highs of his approval ratings, including with Republicans.

Mitt Romney is now viewed more favorably by Democrats nationally than by Republicans pic.twitter.com/Nw0V0OdsK4

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 10, 2020

A couple of GOP strategists took to Twitter to respond to the news, with one saying, “Go play with your new friends, Mittens.” Another said, “He needs to be voted out! Who agrees?”

Go play with your new friends, Mittens.

“Mitt Romney now viewed more favorably by Democrats than Republicans”

Approval of U.S. Congressional Republicans Tops Democrats https://t.co/MUz8ruImVz

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) March 10, 2020

BREAKING: Mitt Romney is now more popular with Democrats than Republicans.

56% of Democrats hold a favorable view, while only 23% of Republican hold the same view.

He was the only GOP Senator who voted to convict Trump.

He needs to be voted out!

Who agrees?

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) March 10, 2020

Last month, an article was released with a headline saying that Romney was a “‘Judas’ to many Republicans,” but that “many in Utah cheered his impeachment vote.” Three days before that and two days after he had spoken in favor of impeachment, a poll had been released showing that his “job approval from Utah voters” had dropped “significantly.”

Romney’s job approval from Utah voters drops significantly during impeachment https://t.co/xUjGw5DIC0

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 7, 2020

WATCH: Sen. Mitt Romney announces that he will vote to convict President Trump.

“The president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust,” the Utah Republican said in his floor speech.

More: https://t.co/yBfIEJW4T3 #ImpeachmentPBS pic.twitter.com/b3yIt8kKFf

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) February 5, 2020

Whether the voters approve or not, they are stuck with Romney for at least another 4 years, as he was elected in 2018 and will serve until 2024. Republican delegates had preferred an opponent, Mike Kennedy, during a contested convention that year but Romney was elected by a landslide in the primary and then general election.