Congress

Approval of the Congress has grown since shortly after the election.

Approve Disapprove
Real Clear Pol. 5/18/21 35% 56.3%
Real Clear Pol. 5/4/21 36.3% 55.5%
Real Clear Pol. 4/6/21 34.3% 57.0%
Real Clear Pol. 3/2/21 29.7% 60.0%
Real Clear Pol. 2/22/21 26.3% 60.0%
Real Clear Pol. 1/5/21 18.7% 70.3%
Real Clear Pol. 11/10/20 18.0% 70.3%

Registered voters prefer that after the 2022 election, Democrats control the Congress over Republicans by a vote of 47% to 42%. [NBC 4/20/21]


The House of Representatives

Washington Watch uses the Cook Political Report for its report on elections in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Currently:

  • Democrats 219 seats
  • Republicans 212 seats
  • Vacancies 4 seats (FL-20, NM-1, OH-11, TX-06)

Open seats in 2022

  • Democrats 4
  • Republicans 5

Potentially open seats in 2022

  • Democrats 13
  • Republicans 18

The Senate

[WW uses Jessica Taylor of the Cook Political Report and Inside Elections for the Senate chart below. When those two organizations do not agree, WW uses Sabato as a tie breaker.]

  • Republicans – 50
  • Democrats – 48
  • Independents – 2
Democrats Republicans Independent
Seats not up in 2022 34 30 2
Safe in 2022 10 15  
  Padilla Murkowski  
  Bennett AL – open  
  Blumenthal Boozman  
  Schatz Grassley  
  Duckworth Crapo  
  Van Hollen Young  
  Schumer Moran  
  Wyden Paul  
  Leahy Kennedy  
  Murray MO – open  
    Hoeven  
    Lankford  
    Scott  
    Thune  
    Lee  
       
Likely 2 2  
  Hassan Rubio  
  Cortez Masto OH – open  
       
Lean 2 1  
  Kelly Johnson  
  Warnock NC – open  
       
Toss Up 0 1  
    PA – open