Approval of Congress Skyrockets to 13 Percent
Thirteen percent of adults approve of the job Congress is doing, according to Gallup, but things could be worse.
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Thirteen percent of adults approve of the job Congress is doing, according to Gallup, but things could be worse.
In November, lawmakers scored an all-time low of 9 percent (Gallup has been tracking congressional job approval since 1974).
According to the pollsters, “Congressional approval has rarely been 20% or higher in the last three years.”
With numbers like that, it’s a wonder voters don’t fire their representatives. Ah, but that’s a different matter. Polls tend to show that voters like their members of Congress just fine — it’s yours they can’t stand.
It’s a tribute to gerrymandering — and an advertisement for term limits.
— Posted by Peter Z. Scheer
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