They just don’t get it! The American populace is unhappy with partisan bickering and unsolved national problems (immigration, health care reform, Iraq). It turns out that the Democrats aren’t any better at governing then the Republicans. Are we surprised? Today’s Gallup poll is anything but encouraging.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!A new Gallup Poll finds Congress’ approval rating the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974. Just 18% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove, according to the August 13-16, 2007, Gallup Poll.
That 18% job approval rating matches the low recorded in March 1992, when a check-bouncing scandal was one of several scandals besetting Congress, leading many states to pass term limits measures for U.S. representatives (which the Supreme Court later declared unconstitutional). Congress had a similarly low 19% approval rating during the energy crisis in the summer of 1979…
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