Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.17.25: Democrats struggle in latest national polls

Today’s installment of campaign-related quality items from crossed the country.

* The latest nationalist NBC News canvass recovered Donald Trump underwater, some successful presumption of his wide support standing (47%) and successful his handling of the system (44%). The latest Reuters/Ipsos and Quinnipiac University surveys recovered the president’s nationalist enactment adjacent lower. (Click immoderate of the links for much accusation connected the polls’ methodologies and margins of error.)

* But portion the Republican is struggling arsenic his 2nd word gets underway, Democrats are not capitalizing: Recent polls amusement the Democratic Party’s favorability standing reaching their lowest constituent successful a generation.

* Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu continues to look questions astir a imaginable U.S. Senate candidacy, and the Republican is leaving the doorway ajar. In comments precocious past week to Fox News, Sununu said: “I’m not saying it’s a precocious probability. ‘Can’t hold to leap in.’ Definitely not.”

* On a related note, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp volition soon wrapper up his 2nd term, and his chap Republicans are being unsubtle successful urging the politician to instrumentality connected Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff successful the 2026 predetermination cycle.

* As Democrats eyeing the 2028 statesmanlike contention softly enactment successful “the invisible primary,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke astatine a House Democrats’ retreat past week and expressed his disapproval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s caller podcast guests.

* And successful Wisconsin, Democrat Rebecca Cooke ran a competitory contention past twelvemonth against Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden, and past week, Cooke announced that she’ll question a rematch adjacent year. It’s not yet wide whether she’ll look immoderate superior rivals, though fixed her 2024 performance, Cooke volition beryllium heavy favored to triumph the Democratic nomination.

This nonfiction was primitively published connected MSNBC.com