The Gallup Poll has announced that the Democrat-controlled Congress has reached a new milestone in the eyes of the public! This is a never before reached number! The lowest poll number ever – in history – for Congress. As in "In the toilet" low numbers.
Just 14% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress.
This 14% Congressional confidence rating is the all-time low for this measure, which Gallup initiated in 1973. The previous low point for Congress was 18% at several points in the period of time 1991 to 1994.
Congress is now nestled at the bottom of the list of Gallup's annual Confidence in Institutions rankings, along with HMOs. Just 15% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in HMOs. (By way of contrast, 69% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military, which tops the list. More on this at galluppoll.com on Thursday).
They have actually managed to make the last Congress look good. That is some kind of feat – in only five months, too. Longtime readers know I am not a big fan of polls in general and tend to take the results with a grain of salt the size of Detroit. But the trends can be instructive. And the trends for Congress have been going steadily down – so much so that Harry "Bozo" Reid might want to watch how he insults the President. After all, Bush is now more than twice as popular as Reid's outfit.
Incidentally, this isn't particularly good news for the Republicans, either. But it is disastrous for those presidential hopefuls who happen to be members of Congress.
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has reached a new milestone
A pretty GRIM milestone. Not even the Cubs can collapse this fast.
Nice spin, I’m a Republican but lets see through this BS and face the music. Their ratings are lower because they haven’t been able to end the war (Thank God for that!) Do we on the right look at the Prez’s disapproval ratings with such glee?
Well, their ratings are lower because they haven’t seriously tried to end the war. They’ve tried to have their cake and eat it, too, which has alienated their base, the opposition, and most of the center. Their inability to elucidate any principles and vote for those principles is reflected in their poll numbers.
Congress is never high in this measurement. The two highest points (all the way up to the 40% area)were during the Watergate and Irangate hearings. Last year’s Republican-led Congress was at 19%. The drop to 14% is just about at the margin of error.
I wouldn’t get too carried away in celebration. It doesn’t signify much.
Darn it ED .. if you took a look at the Gallup chart you would notice that just 4 months about Pelsoi et al had the approval up to 37%.
I’ll just assume ypu missed that.
Dammit, PA, the Cubs can too collapse that fast. Never misunderestimate the Cubbies’ ability to crumble.