Jul
16
2008

by George

Democrat Controlled Congress Approval At A Record-Low 14%

Reid & Pelosi

The Democrat party controlled congress has reached a record low approval rating.  Will the Pelosi-Reid partnership continue for another 2 years?  Is the electorate still asleep?

From Gallup:

Congress’ job approval rating has dropped five percentage points over the past month, from 19% in June to 14% in July, making the current reading the lowest congressional job approval rating in the 34-year Gallup Poll history of asking the question. The previous low was 18%, last reached in May.

The 75% currently disapproving of Congress is just shy of the record-high 78% in March 1992.

These results, from a July 10-13 Gallup Poll, follow 18 months of dismal job approval ratings for Congress, during which approval has usually registered below 30%, and has averaged only 25%.

Still, the 14% approval rating is extraordinary. Approval of Congress has fallen below 20% only six times in the 34 years Gallup has measured it. Including the latest reading, four of those have come in the past year: in July, June, and May 2008, and in August 2007. The two additional readings were from March 1992 (in the midst of the House bank check-kiting scandal) and June 1979 (during an energy crisis that resulted in surging gas prices and long gas lines), when either 18% or 19% of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing.

The latest Rasmussen poll shows that President Bush has a low approval rating of 33% (twice that of Congress’ approval).

For the week ending July 13, just 33% of Americans say they approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his job as President.

t/b: Michelle Malkin

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  • KansasGirl says:

    I don’t believe the poll, it has to be lower than that.

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