Poll: Republicans favor Scalise for Speaker; Dems favor Pelosi

A new poll shows Republican voters favor House Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) to succeed retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) should the GOP keep control of the chamber in the midterm elections.

A Morning Consult/Politico poll found ten percent of registered voters said Scalise would be their pick. House Freedom Caucus founder Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was preferred by seven percent of registered voters, while six percent preferred House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

{mosads} But another 10 percent picked “other,” though most, or 66 percent, said they didn’t know or had no opinion of who they would favor as the next House Speaker.

The poll also showed Democrats favoring House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to retake the speaker’s gavel should the Democrats take control of the House.

The poll has her beating House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and her 2014 opponent for the leadership Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio). However, 54 percent of registered Democrats polled said they didn’t know or had no opinion.

The poll was conducted through online interviews between August 10-12 and has a margin of error of +/- two percent.