Poll: Public view of Congress improves

[lligrd]

Of course, my opinion of Congress is already heading down again. I am quickly losing the glimmer of hope I had.

Poll: Public view of Congress improves By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - Three months after a power shifting election, a majority of Americans still disapprove of Congress — a sign of public impatience with the new Democratic majority even among party loyalists.

Still, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week shows that Congress' public image has improved slowly but steadily since the November elections when Iraq, corruption and partisan fighting drove congressional approval ratings below those of President Bush.

According to the poll, 65 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the way the president is handling his job, slightly up from his disapproval ratings last month. As for Congress, 58 percent disapproved of the work of lawmakers, a slight decrease from last month and a 14 percentage-point decrease from congressional disapproval last October.

Democrats ran on a message of changing the country's direction on the war and domestic policies, but Congress is still trying to find its voice on Iraq and legislation at the top of the Democratic agenda has yet to make its way through the Capitol and to the president's desk.

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[Hobarticus]

1. Naturally, no mention of the GOP derailing any sort of meaningful

discussion on Iraq.

Chewing up and spitting out GOP talking points is easier than actually writin' ! It hurts!

[lancdem]

2. I read somewhere that it takes a long time

for ratings like that to go up when they were poor for such an extended period.

[onehandle]

3. This poll after one month?

Most Americans have no idea that Congress has changed hands yet.

Fake news is not only the realm of Stewart and Colbert.

[lligrd]

4. I Think Most Americans Actually Are Aware

that Congress changed hands. And I think most are truly hoping that it will mean something.