article_snippet: The outcome was far from great for the GOP.
article_snippet: The Republican Party has been dragged down by the kind of politics that voters have observed in Washington.
article_snippet: In 2014, congressional approval ratings plummeted to 14%.
article_snippet: As the new year began, the approval ratings were only slightly better: just 16%.
article_snippet: Many voters who like conservatism and the GOP don't love what Many voters who like conservatism and the GOP representatives are doing on Capitol Hill.
article_snippet: The kind of scorched earth, always say no to anything politics has not done well in terms of the favorability ratings.
article_snippet: During his campaign for the presidency, his might pay the price for the kind of politics that brought his great attention in Congress.