Poll: Majority of Democrats give thumbs-down to their leaders in Congress

Most Democrats disapprove of how their party's lawmakers in Congress are handling their jobs, according to a new national poll.

Fifty-three percent of Democrats questioned in a Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday gave their party's congressional members a thumbs-down, while 41% approved of their performance.

According to the poll, conducted June 5-8, just 21% of all voters approved of the way Democrats in Congress were handing their jobs, with seven in ten disapproving.