Congressional Democrats’ disapproval hits a 20-year high

Washington Post ^ | 10/25/2014 | By Aaron Blake

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A new poll shows Americans' disdain for Congress is weaker than it has been in more than three years, but neither party has much to brag about.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll shows 50 percent of Americans say they "strongly" disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job. The good news: That's the lowest that number has been since March 2011. The bad news: It's still half the country really disliking Congress.

And when it comes to the two major parties, the improvement doesn't really show.

In fact, congressional Democrats are facing their highest disapproval rating in at least the last 20 years, at 67 percent. Meanwhile, 30 percent approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing.

The poll comes on the heels of a WaPo-ABC poll that showed the Democratic Party in general hitting a three-decade low as far as how people feel about it.

Democrats, though, still remain more popular than the GOP. Just 25 percent of Americans say they approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing, while 72 percent disapprove.

The difference between the two parties, though, is smaller than it has usually been.

Democrats appear to be suffering from declining support among African Americans, who are about evenly split on the party, with 50 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving.

Another big difference between the two parties has been the GOP base's reluctance to support its congressional contingent. But, at this point, both party bases feel about the same when it comes to their congressional representatives. Democrats approve of their party 56-42, while Republicans approve 55-38.

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They ought to be demoralized. The DemocRat party has taken them for granted for decades and given them nothing for their support

Some blacks are really starting to see that (thank God). It's not a tsunami by any means, but there's definitely a flow starting.

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Republicans and conservatives who are unsatisfied with the GOP will tend to to stay home. Democrats and liberals who are unsatisfied with the 'Rats will still vote 'rat.

That's one major difference between the parties.