Princeton, NJ--17 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, down seven percentage points from May to 24% rating, but it seems like he was in March and April. Congressional approval rating was below 25% in January 2010.
Update 9-12 June, the Congress was held in the midst of a scandal involving United States Rep. Anthony Weiner. However, the fall may rather reflected in the end of the rally in support of the Government of after the death of Osama bin Laden, and not a reaction to the Weiner scandal. News of bin Laden was preceded by an increase in approval ratings for President Obama and Congress , as well as the uptick in Americans satisfied with how things are going in the United States of America, but all three measures are back down in June.
17%, approval of the Congress is only four points higher than the lowest 13% Gallup survey in December. Gallup, the Congressional approval of the assessment work in 1974, there were only three ratings are lower than the 17%. All of this--plus two other ratings 17 percent--was registered in the past three years, highlighting the recent negative turn in the Americans ' views of Congress.
Further still, the tendency of Gallup, Congress had 18% rating in March 1992 and 19% approval rating in June 1979. All the historical low ratings came during poor economic times in the United States.
Although all party group now give bad evaluation of the Congress, the ratings of Democrats (25%) are more positive than independent (13%) or Republicans (14%). current rating of Republicans is the lowest point since the GOP took control of the House of representatives in January.
Republicans and Democrats for Congress similarly in early 2011, but in recent months, Democrats have been more positive.
The Effects Of
Congressional approval ratings remain historically low, and in recent years, Congress has Dim view of the significant turnover of Americans in its membership after the election, 2006, 2008 and 2010. If conditions in the United States and Americans become more charitable in their ratings of Congress election 2012 could lead to another permutation of the members of Congress, although a split management of legislative bodies, it is not clear which party will be hurt more. The irony is that even now, when members of Congress had a lot in recent years, its credibility as an institution in the eyes of the public has not improved.
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