Congress

Approval of the Congress is down roughly 5.2 points from where it was a year ago and disapproval is up 6.2 points.

  Approve Disapprove
Real Clear Pol. 9/26/23 19.7% 73.2%
Real Clear Pol. 8/29/23 24.2% 66.8%
Real Clear Pol. 7/25/23 23.8% 64.5%
Real Clear Pol. 6/27/23 22.8% 68.6%
Real Clear Pol. 5/16/23 27.0% 65.5%
Real Clear Pol. 3/28/23 26.4% 65.2%
Real Clear Pol. 2/14/22 24.4% 65.4%
Real Clear Pol. 12/19/22 27.6% 62.4%
Real Clear Pol. 11/23/22 23.8% 62.8%
Real Clear Pol. 10/13/22 25.3% 65.8%
Real Clear Pol. 8/30/22 20.6% 67.4%
Real Clear Pol. 8/2/22 19.6% 71.0%
Real Clear Pol. 6/15/22 21.2% 69.0%
Real Clear Pol. 5/17/22 22.4% 68.0%
Real Clear Pol. 4/16/22 22.2% 67.5%
Real Clear Pol. 3/15/22 21.8% 67.8%
Real Clear Pol. 2/18/22 20.8% 68.3%
Real Clear Pol. 1/17/22 22.4% 66.4%

The House of Representatives

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

Solid Republican 188 Solid Democrat 170
Likely GOP 12 Likely Dem 20
Lean GOP 6 Lean Dem 15
GOP Tossup 14 Dem Tossup 10
Total 220 Total 215

The Senate

  • Republicans – 49
  • Democrats – 48
  • Independents – 3

The 2024 Senate Election

Democrats Republicans Independents
Seats not up in 2024 28 39 0
Seats up in 2024 23 11  
Safe in 2024 14 9
  CA-Open IN-Open
Murphy Hawley
DE-Open Wicker
Hirono Cramer
Warren Fischer
MD-Open Ricketts
King (I) Blackburn
Klobuchar Romney
Heinrich Barrasso
Gillibrand Scott
Whitehouse  
Kaine
Sanders (I)
Cantwell
Likely 1 2
Menendez Cruz
Scott
Lean 5
MI-Open
Rosen
Casey
Baldwin
  Tester
Toss Up 3
Sinema (I)
OH – D
Manchin