Americans just don’t like Congress
POLL DU JOUR
• 78 percent of Americans currently disapprove of the job Congress is doing.
• 16 percent of Americans currently approve of Congress.
• 10 percent approved of Congress, on average, in 2011.
• 39 percent approved on average in 2009; 84 percent in 2002, 57 percent in 1998.
• 18 percent approved of Congress in 1992, 42 percent in 1988, 19 percent in 1979 and 47 percent in 1975.
• 18 percent of Democrats currently approve of Congress.
• 14 percent of Republicans and 13 percent of independents agree.
Source: A Gallup Poll of 1,014 U.S. adults conducted July 9-12, as reported by The Washington Times’ Jennifer Harper.
