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While it seems that the American public holds a dim view of most of its elected officials these days, a recent Fox News<\/em> poll highlighted one lawmaker who has seemingly won over the majority of voters: Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The survey<\/a>, published Wednesday, found that 61 percent of respondents said they view the Independent senator from Vermont, an avowed Democratic socialist, favorably.<\/p>\n

At the same time, only 32 percent of respondents said they approve of the the job that Democrats are doing in Congress (60 percent disapprove), and even less (29 percent) agree with the work of the GOP.<\/p>\n

Notably, the polling comes as Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats and lost in a competitive presidential primary bid to Hillary Clinton, has faced antipathy <\/a>from the party establishment.<\/p>\n

Pointing to the Fox News<\/em> poll as well as a Huffington Post<\/em> chart <\/a>that tracks Sanders’ favorability over time, the Guardian<\/em>‘s Trevor Timm wrote<\/a> Friday: “One would think with numbers like that, Democratic politicians would be falling all over themselves to be associated with Sanders, especially considering the party as a whole is more unpopular than the Republicans and even Donald Trump right now.”<\/p>\n

“Yet,” Timm continued, “instead of embracing his message, the establishment wing of the party continues to resist him at almost every turn, and they seem insistent that they don’t have to change their ways to gain back the support of huge swaths of the country.”<\/p>\n

But, as the conservative news survey seems to suggest, Sanders’ message of economic justice may be one of the few points of popular resonance in the U.S. Case in point, earlier this week the progressive senator traveled to West Virginia to connect <\/a>with supporters of President Donald Trump over the growing interest in a single-payer healthcare system.<\/p>\n

Another interesting statistic from the Fox News<\/em> poll: Planned Parenthood<\/a>, the embattled women’s healthcare provider widely scorned by Republican lawmakers, also boasts strong favorability among U.S. voters. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they are either ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ in favor of Planned Parenthood, compared to only 32 percent who view the organization unfavorably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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