on the left is nancy pelosi's favorability rating among dem voters. consistently at about 70%. on the right is schumer's. these are just not the same thing at all
So was Nancy Pelosi.
These positions are avatars for everyone’s grievances within the party. Republicans hated McConnell, now they hate Thune.
Normies wanting them replaced makes sense because they don’t understand the role.
People whose job is political analysis are embarrassing themselves by leaning into the populist slop because they want an audience.