Already Dismal Ratings For Congress Get Worse
Gallup is reporting that the approval rating for Congress is even lower than it was last month – and is now significantly worse than the rating for the president.
PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush. Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress, down slightly from last month's reading (33%) and this year's high point of 37%, while Bush's approval rating is holding steady at 33%. Both the ratings of Congress and the president are slightly lower than their respective 2007 averages. Approval ratings of Congress are higher among Democrats than Republicans, while Bush's ratings are much higher among Republicans.
Congress almost always has low approval ratings, of course. But it is significant that only 37% of self-identified Democrats approve of Congress. The numbers among independents is really appalling, 24%. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I suspect these numbers spell disaster for those members of Congress who are chasing their party nomination for president in 2008. Regardless of who gets nominated, they will need significant support from non-affiliated voters to win the general election. That those independent voters think Congress is doing a terrible job doesn't bode well. People aren't likely to give a promotion to someone doing a lousy job.
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Blogmeister USA — May 15, 2007 @ 10:13 am
By daveinboca, May 15, 2007 @ 8:23 am
The Dems proved in no-time-flat that they are more corrupt than the Repubs, though the GOP Congress set a dauntingly high track record to overcome. But Pelosi’s greed and the unreported billion-dollar graft by Sen. Feinstein to her hubby’s firm [and let's not forget Harry Reid and his in-house lobbyist kids] all combined to show Mitch McConnell and Tom DeLay that they were tyros in the peculation department.
And let’s not forget Murtha and his brother Kit. Two real Irish mafia types.
By Tom, May 15, 2007 @ 8:34 am
As a registered independent, what did it for me was William Jefferson. Caught on tape accepting a bribe, the money is found IN HIS HOUSE, used National Guard troops to retrieve things from his house after Katrina, and he isn’t forced to resign.
THAT told me everything I needed to know about the Democratic party…
By mekon111, May 15, 2007 @ 8:45 am
The thing I hate about approval/disapproval ratings is that they never delve into the criteria with which the respondents are evaluating the subject
By Roderick, May 15, 2007 @ 10:04 am
What’s funny if that those people surveyed hate Congress but love their Congressman/woman. Go figure!!
By John Ryan, May 15, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
The American people were hoping that Congress could somehow put an end to the debacle of Iraq which they have not been able to do.
As for the supposed corruption of the Demoxrats that is a non issue for most people. Ultra right types will raise their shrill voices but no one is paying attention to them.