Brendan Nyhan

WSJ: GOP Congress is unpopular

When the Wall Street editorial board is calling Republicans unpopular, you know they’re in trouble:

The question is, does the Congressional GOP think it really needs a major change? It’s easy to be complacent in this age of gerrymandered districts and “safe” seats. But Republicans might also want to consider that they now have worse approval ratings than the Democrats did in February of 1994–eight months before they were swept from power by the Gingrich-led GOP.