AMERICAN'S APPROVAL OF US CONGRESS AT ALL TIME LOW

(09/15/2012)

Just one in 10 Americans approves of the job Congress is doing, according to a new Gallup Poll. Gallup's 10% approval rating says it is the branch's lowest approval rating in 38 years. The approval rate for Congress hasn't passed 20 percent in more than a year, according to Gallup, although personal approval ratings for members of Congress tends to be higher. The low approval ratings are likely linked to a polarized Congress. Gallup says the partisan gridlock within Congress, Americans' distaste for the institution is entirely bipartisan: Only 11 percent of independents, 10 percent of Republicans, and 9 percent of Democrats approved of the work the branch is doing. Another poll released this week said that 60 percent of voters agreed that "this is the worst Congress ever."

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001