Democratic Senator John Fetterman is getting rave reviews from Republicans, though his future in the Senate may be imperiled as liberals abandon him.
Fetterman, 56, the senior senator from Pennsylvania, is surging among GOP-aligned voters in recent polls.
According to a Quinnipiac survey from February 19 - 23 of over 800 registered voters, Fetterman had a 73 percent approval rating among Republicans while only 18 percent disapproved.
Fetterman's favorability rating among Republican was a net 55 points.
However, his numbers with Democratic voters were devastating.
A mere 22 percent of Democratic voters approved of the senator, while 62 percent disapproved. Independents, meanwhile, are largely in favor of the Democrat, giving him a 48 percent approval compared to a 37 percent disapproval.
The numbers may spell early trouble for the lawmaker, who is due up for reelection in 2028.
'He's a one-term senator either way,' one speculator mused on social media. The current approval ratings are a total inversion of the coalition that elected the towering, Carhartt-wearing Fetterman.
Recent surveys show that Senator John Fetterman is surging in polls with Republicans. However, his support among Democratic voters is crumbling, potentially threatening his reelection hopes
Senator John Fetterman arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday - a rare occasion in which the lawmaker has worn a suit and tie
In 2023, Quinnipiac found that Fetterman was broadly supported by seven out of ten Democrats and disapproved of by four out of five Republicans.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker has sided with Republicans by supporting initiatives for Israel's military, parts of Trump's immigration agenda and the deployment of the National Guard to stop crime.
He has also been quick to criticize his colleagues.
'Well, I mean, I think it's just disappointing,' Fetterman chided Democratic lawmakers who did not show up to Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday.
'Honestly, I mean I think that's sad that I think half of my colleagues didn't show up. I mean, that's not a judgment, so for me, I think show up.'
He continued: 'You don't have to clap for everything. You don't have to agree with anything I think we're in a different place right now where it's now. People not even gonna show up or doing other kinds of alternative things so for me, that's what I think.'
The president's address prompted Fetterman to do something he hardly ever does.
The typically sweatshirt-swaddled senator wore a suit and tie.
'I don't care if it's a Republican or Democrat as a president. Just don't do that. Don't do that. Respect the office, regardless of who's in it, and now for me, it's like now when half the people in my party haven't showed up.'
