--- title: Republican Party Voters Can't Stand Their Own Congress: Poll description: Republican voters are not happy with their party's stalled efforts to pass legislation through a Congress they control, a new poll says. canonical: https://time.com/4960793/donald-trump-republican-party-poll/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-28T14:28:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:38:28.235Z article:section: Politics og:title: Even Republicans Can't Stand the Republican Congress og:description: A wide majority of GOP voters disapprove of their party's performance in Washington og:url: https://time.com/4960793/donald-trump-republican-party-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b605cdf4540fb/6988dfa0bc6cfc1bf43e3458/graham-cassidy-gop-obamacare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Senate Leadership Hold News Conferences Following Weekly Policy Luncheon Meetings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Even Republicans Can't Stand the Republican Congress twitter:description: A wide majority of GOP voters disapprove of their party's performance in Washington twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b605cdf4540fb/6988dfa0bc6cfc1bf43e3458/graham-cassidy-gop-obamacare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Even Republicans Can't Stand the Republican Congress > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Sep 28, 2017 2:28 PM UTC  Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, listens during a news conference after a Republican policy meeting luncheon at the U.S. Capitol. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, listens during a news conference after a Republican policy meeting luncheon at the U.S. Capitol. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Sep 28, 2017 2:28 PM UTC Republican voters are not happy with [their party’s stalled efforts to pass legislation](http://time.com/4958079/graham-cassidy-vote-pulled-future/) through a Congress where they have full control, according to a new poll. [The Quinnipiac University survey](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2487) released Wednesday found that 61% of Republican voters disapprove of the the way their party is navigating Congress, while only 32% approve. Overall, 78% of American voters disapprove of the job Republicans are doing in Congress, and only 15% approve. Those are grim statistics for Republicans with the 2018 midterm elections on the horizon. Forty-four percent of independent voters said they want Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 elections, and 47% said they want Democrats to regain control of the Senate. Currently, 63% of voters disapprove of the job Democrats are doing in Congress, according to the poll. With the exception of a [Hurricane Harvey relief bill](http://time.com/4929767/donald-trump-house-passes-harvey-aid-bill/) that simultaneously extended the debt ceiling for three months — the result of negotiations between President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi — Republicans have yet to enact a significant piece of legislation since the Trump took office. They have also failed to fulfill their years-long pledge to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law. The dissatisfaction extends to Trump, too: 57% of voters disapprove of the way the President is handling his job, 59% do not think he is honest, and 67% do not think he is level headed. [His Twitter habit](http://time.com/4945238/donald-trump-twitter-controversial-retweets/) also remains widely unpopular; 69% want him to stop tweeting. 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