Congress Approval at 12-Year Low: Rating slipped four percentage points since March

Gallup ^ | April 17 2006 | Lydia Saad

[jmc1969]

Public approval of the job Congress is doing has dipped to its lowest level of 2006, and is now the worst Gallup has recorded since the closing days of the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.

According to an April 10-13, 2006, Gallup Poll, 23% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 70% disapprove.

The current 23% approval rating for Congress is a near-record low for the institution. Gallup's trend for this question, which started in 1974, shows lower approval scores on only three other occasions: October 1994 (21%), March 1992 (18%), and June 1979 (19%).

A majority of Republicans, as well as most independents and Democrats, disapprove of the job Congress is doing today. Only 37% of Republicans approve, compared with 19% of independents and 13% of Democrats.

[LM_Guy]

I think there will be a small - but definite sea change with incumbent Dems & Repbs loosing their seats.

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

out of touch president thrown in

The bushbots around here will eat you alive.

[PISANO]

A slip of 4 points since March for Congress is nothing compared to GW Bush who lost 6 points since LAST FRIDAY!! [Rasmussen]

Polls are for chicken littles to substantiate their reality gaps between elections and for the uninformed to be reminded how others "FEEL" at the moment so they know how they should "FEEL" too.

[okie01]

..the bums need to be voted out.

I would agree...except that the alternative is even worse.

At bottom, the GOP Congressional majority exhibits one controlling positive: They Aren't Democrats.

[sinkspur]

Might the 12 year low also have anything to do with Congress' smearing of the Minute Men in favor of Illegal Felons?

No. Most Americans don't even know who the Minutemen are.