Poll Watch: Congressional Approval at New Low of 10% – Disapproval is 86%
A record-low 10% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 13% in January and the previous low of 11%, recorded in December 2011. Eighty-six percent disapprove of Congress, tying the record high for disapproval set in December.
The new-low 10% approval rating is based on a Gallup survey conducted Feb. 2-5, about two weeks after President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address and the reconvening of the U.S. House and Senate.
Congressional approval averaged 17% for all of 2011. The highest reading last year was 24% in May. More broadly, Gallup’s highest approval rating for Congress is 84% in October 2001, a month after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.
Not really a surprise.
The American economy is not good and all incumbents are going to get a drubbing come November.
Voters are disenchanted with the direction of the country and the POLS are going to pay the price
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Ted Shaneyfelt
I hope it gets filled with lots of folks who like Dr. Paul want to restore America and get federal government out of counterproductive CPS.
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