Approval ratings for GOP Sens. Ted Cruz
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Among all voters in their home states, Hawley’s approval rating fell 6 points between January 6 and Monday, according to the Morning Consult poll released on Friday. Cruz’s approval rating with voters dropped 3 points over the same period.
The two senators also saw a drop in approval ratings for Republicans in their home states. Hawley’s approval rating fell 9 points among Missouri Republicans to 63 percent, while Cruz’s fell 5 points to 76 percent among Texas Republicans.
Cruz and Hawley faced reaction for their role in contesting the Electoral College vote during the certification process in Congress on the same day as the Capitol riot, which left five dead.
On Thursday, seven Senate Democrats asked the Ethics Committee to open an investigation into the two Republican senators and, specifically, whether their objections to the results of the Electoral College violated the chamber’s ethics rules.
Both senators denounced the violence that broke out, but maintained their decisions to oppose the results of the Arizona and Pennsylvania Electoral College.
Hawley called the requested investigation “a blatant attempt at party revenge”.
The Morning Consult’s political intelligence poll was conducted among some 3,000 voters in Texas and 1,000 voters in Missouri. Voting before 6 January took place between 27 December and 5 January, and after 9 to 18 January.