[UCI Political Science Professor] Michael Tesler writes, “To be sure, [Nancy] Pelosi is still quite unpopular. And some of her increased support may simply stem from the usual honeymoon period, whereby House speakers are most popular at the beginning of their terms. But she is also surely benefiting from her visible opposition to an unpopular president. … Democrats are similarly driving Pelosi’s rising poll numbers.”

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