Chuck Schumer is getting a lump of coal from grumpy Americans.
The senate minority leader got the worst approval rating out of all top US political leaders in a new survey.
The New York Democrat notched just a 28% job approval rating, the lowest of 13 politicians named in the Gallup Poll released Tuesday.
Schumer, 75, ended up in the cellar largely because of weak support among Democrats, with only 39% of his fellow party members giving him a positive job rating, according to the poll.
“Schumer’s rating among his own party has worsened markedly. Two years ago, 76% of Democrats approved of his job and 20% disapproved, but now 39% approve and 56% disapprove,” Gallup said in its analysis.
Schumer’s rising unpopularity comes as ascendant left-wing Democrats have furiously called on the longtime New York lawmaker to step down over not winning concessions from President Trump and Republicans to end the record-breaking government shutdown.
A Siena College poll of New York state voters taken last month also showed Schumer with his lowest approval rating in 21 years of surveys. A majority of voters in deep blue New York had an unfavorable view of the longtime senator.
Trump also has a low 36% job approval rating, with 89% of Republicans backing his performance but only 3% of Democrats, according to the Gallup poll.
Only 39% of Americans surveyed approved of Vice President JD Vance. Similarly to Trump, a whopping 91% of Republicans gave him a thumbs up while only 5% of Democrats did so.
Just 37% of Americans approved of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who like Schumer, hails from Brooklyn.
Jeffries fared better than Schumer thanks to 64% approval from fellow Democrats — 25 percentage points higher than the senator.
Meanwhile, 35% of respondents approved of Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, while 34% supported Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Just two leaders mentioned by Gallup— Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — rated above 40%.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a 39% approval rating — with 82% backing from Republicans and just 6% from Dems — quite a contrast for a member of the Kennedy Democratic dynasty turned Trump ally.
Of the others, less than 40% approved of US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Voters were generally sour about Congress, as well as both political parties and the direction of the country following a month-long government shutdown, cost of living woes and other shake-ups, the survey found.
“After enduring the longest federal government shutdown in US history amid persistent affordability concerns, Americans are closing out the year with a bleak view of the country, its leaders and the economy,” Gallup said in its analysis.
Just 17% of respondents approved of the Republican-led Congress as a whole, with 37 % of Republicans showing support but only 12% of independents and 6% of Democrats.
Only 24% of Americans approved of congressional Democrats, just slightly better than the 29% support for Republicans.
The big difference is about 7 in 10 Republicans supported their party members in Congress, compared to just 49% of Democrats who approve of House Dems.
Heading into the midterm elections, the poll found just 24% of Americans satisfied with the direction of the country and 74% dissatisfied.
That gloomy satisfaction level was slightly higher than it was at the end of the Biden administration.
“Americans have consistently been more pessimistic than optimistic about the economy’s direction in recent years, but the current figures represent a deterioration from earlier this year. In May, 58% thought the economy was getting worse and 37% thought it was improving,” Gallup said.
Some 68% of respondents said economic conditions were getting worse, compared with 29% who said better.
The economy in general and inflation in particular remained the top concerns of voters.
“Bottom Line: Americans head into 2026 deeply dissatisfied with the nation’s direction, offering worsened economic assessments and broadly negative views of political leadership following the historic government shutdown,” it said.
“Approval of the president, Congress and key national leaders from both parties remains weak and intensely polarized, providing evidence of a continued government shutdown hangover.”
Gallup interviewed 1,106 adults from Dec. 1 to 15. The poll has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Some questions asked of 500 respondents have a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
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