Democrats Turn Negative Toward Congress
February 5th, 2010Approval of Congress Hits New Low, Down There With Lawyers
The Big Picture
by Glynn Wilson
In a continuation of our series on public opinion in America, we find it quite interesting that in the latest surveys, the public approval rating of Congress has fallen to a new low — down there on the scale with lawyers.
The job approval rating of Congress fell six points in the past month, from 24 percent to 18 percent — the lowest reading in more than a year. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans, 78 percent, now disapprove of the job Congress is doing, according to Gallup.
This decline in congressional approval is largely explained by a sharp drop in approval among rank-and-file Democrats, from 45 percent in January to 30 percent today. The slight changes in approval among Republicans and independents are not statistically significant.
