Poll: 72% of GOP voters dissatisfied with Boehner, McConnell

On the same day that House Speaker John Boehner announced his resignation, a whopping 72 percent of Republican primary voters said they were dissatisfied with his and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s ability to achieve GOP goals, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

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That includes 44 percent of GOP primary voters who said they were “very” dissatisfied with Boehner and McConnell, and 36 percent who want them immediately removed from their leadership positions.

These poll results — conducted Sunday through Thursday — come as Boehner announced on Friday morning his resignation as speaker, effective on Oct. 30.

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