Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Bad News From Poll

Marjorie Taylor Greene has received bad news from a recent poll showing that her unfavorable rating far outweighs her popularity.

The Cygnal survey of 1,500 likely general election voters, conducted between May 14 and 16, shows that the Georgia Republican Congresswoman had an overall unfavorable rating of 52.5 percent, comprising 42 percent of respondents who were very unfavorable and 10.5 percent who were somewhat unfavorable.

This contrasts with a favorable rating of only 20.7 percent, including 8.5 percent of respondents who said they were very favorable of Greene, and 12.2 percent who said they were somewhat favorable. Another 11.8 percent said they had no opinion and 15 percent said they had never heard of the lawmaker. The survey had a +/-2.53 percent margin of error.

The respondents were 54.1 percent female, 45.9 percent male; 52.5 percent aged 18-54, 47.5 percent aged 55+; 41.8 percent had at least a college degree, while 57.1 percent had no college degree; and 30.1 percent were rural, 49.9 percent suburban and 20 percent urban.

The results from the Republican base specifically, representing 42 percent of respondents, offered further bad news for Greene. The data suggests that GOP voters are more supportive of House Speaker Mike Johnson, of whom Greene has been highly critical in recent months after he pushed through various foreign aid bills, including a $61 billion package of military aid for Ukraine. Greene even launched a failed attempt to remove Johnson as speaker in March.

The findings show that Republican respondents had a +31 net favorability rating of Johnson, compared to a +15 rating for Greene. Overall, 45.3 percent of Republican respondents had a favorable view of Johnson, compared to 14.3 percent who had an unfavorable opinion. Meanwhile, 19.8 percent had no opinion and 20.6 percent had never heard of him.

In contrast, 41.9 percent had a favorable view of Greene, compared to 26.7 percent who were unfavorable. Meanwhile, 15.5 percent had no opinion, and 16 percent had never heard of her.

Newsweek has contacted Greene’s representatives for comment outside of typical working hours.

The poll comes just weeks after Greene faced a backlash for attempting to oust Johnson as speaker. The House voted overwhelmingly in early May to reject Greene’s motion by a margin of 359 to 43, with 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voting against the proposal. The 43 House members who voted against blocking Greene’s measure to remove Johnson consisted of 11 Republicans and 32 Democrats.

Responding to her defeat, Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Democrats voted to save Johnson because they knew it was impossible to take control of the House. They want to keep Johnson because he’s given them everything they want… The good news this morning is now the American people have been shown the truth.”

Johnson later told reporters: “I want to say that I appreciate the show of confidence from my colleagues to defeat this misguided effort, that is certainly what it was.

“Hopefully this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress. It’s regrettable, it’s not who we are as Americans, and we’re better than this. We need to get beyond it.”

Greene’s move also received criticism from former President Donald Trump, of whom she has long been a loyal acolyte.

“With a Majority of One, shortly growing to three or four, we’re not in a position of voting on a Motion to Vacate. At some point, we may very well be, but this is not the time,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “If we show DISUNITY, which will be portrayed as CHAOS, it will negatively affect everything! Mike Johnson is a good man who is trying very hard.”

Meanwhile, Greene has faced further backlash this month after she mocked a Democratic lawmaker over her eyelashes during a House Oversight Committee hearing.

The personal attack, which was directed at Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, was leveled while the committee considered a resolution to recommend that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland be found in contempt of Congress over defying a congressional subpoena.