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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSAY IT AIN'T SO! Poll: Congress approval hits new low
The number of Americans who approve of their own representative in Congress has reached an all-time low, according to a poll released Tuesday.
In a Washington Post-ABC News poll, 51 percent of Americans said that they disapprove of the way their member of Congress is handling his or her job. Forty-one percent approve of how their member handles his or her work, the lowest approval rating that The Washington Post and ABC News has found. This is the first time in 25 years that the number of Americans who disapprove of their own Congress member has risen over 50 percent, according to the Post.
Still, Democrats are seeing more favorable ratings than Republicans. Of those polled, 49 percent said that they have a favorable impression of the Democratic Party, while only 35 percent answered the same for the GOP.
These results come on the same day that voters in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington will be casting their ballots for midterm election primaries. On June 15, a Gallup poll found that only 15 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with a plurality answering that the solution for fixing the legislative branch would be to clear house.
This poll was conducted July 30-Aug. 3 among 1,029 people and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Read more:http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/poll-congress-approval-rating-low-109721.html#ixzz39WQtcYWqtp://
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SAY IT AIN'T SO! Poll: Congress approval hits new low (Original Post)
doxydad
Aug 2014
OP
So voters who want to clear house will vote in 98 % of incumbents again! because the game is
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. So voters who want to clear house will vote in 98 % of incumbents again! because the game is
rigged, folks. Your precious democracy is owned by the wealthy, and as long as half of you do not bother to vote.....look in the mirror next time you complain.
Johonny
(20,862 posts)2. Republicans hope the general public will throw the bums out
and not really spend the time to figure out who is who while their candidates hide in safe districts they drew for themselves. IDK if it will work but people assume that it will. November is either going to be really depressing or a final wake up call.