Fewer than 3 in 10 voters — 29 percent — approve of how Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Hillicon Valley: DOJ proposes tech liability shield reform to Congress | Treasury sanctions individuals, groups tied to Russian malign influence activities | House Republican introduces bill to set standards for self-driving cars McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE handled the release of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s report, according to a poll released Wednesday.

By comparison, 39 percent in the Politico/Morning Consult poll disapprove of Barr’s strategy and 32 percent had no opinion.

More than half of Democrats polled — 58 percent — said that Barr had mostly worked to protect President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE. Roughly the same percentage of Republicans, 56 percent, told pollsters that Barr has mostly tried to inform the public. And 31 percent of independents said Barr has tried to inform the public, while 28 percent said he has mostly helped the president.

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Barr, who has found himself in a public feud with House Democrats over his refusal to provide Mueller’s unreacted report to Congress, is facing a contempt vote on Wednesday.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerDemocrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that his panel is still planning to vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, suggesting that negotiations between committee staff and the Justice Department were not fruitful.

On Monday, Nadler announced the committee would vote on a resolution recommending Barr be held in contempt after he did not meet the committee’s demands for the full, unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence.

The top law enforcement official has defended his decision to issue a four-page memo laying out the principal conclusions of Mueller’s investigation prior to the release of the redacted report. His memo revealed that Mueller found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia and that Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice.

Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE subsequently judged there was insufficient evidence to accuse Trump of obstruction of justice.

News broke last week that Mueller had sent a letter to Barr after the memo to express frustration with Barr’s summary.

"The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office's work and conclusions," reads the letter signed by Mueller. "There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations."

The Politico/Morning Consult poll was conducted May 3-6 among 1,990 registered voters. Its margin of error is 2 percentage points.