Posted on 03/10/2023 5:49:41 AM PST by Twotone
Voter approval of Congress has hit the highest rates in over 15 years under Speaker Kevin McCarthy's leadership, a new Rasmussen Reports poll has found.
The national survey, published on Wednesday, found that 28 percent of likely voters think that Congress' performance is either good or excellent, up from 25 percent in December.
Congress also has the lowest number of voters with negative opinions since 2007, with 39 percent answering that Congress is doing a poor job, down from 45 percent in December.
"Not only do voters now have a higher opinion of Congress in general, but of their own representatives," the pollster reported. 40 percent now believe that their congressperson "is the best possible person for the job." This is a 10 percent increase from April 2022, and "the highest in the history of surveying on this question."
39 percent of the respondents answered that their current representative is not the best possible person for the job, and 21 percent were not sure.
Notably, Rasmussen found that "far more" Democrats than Republicans or other voters thought their elected official in the House was the best for the job, with 51 percent of Democrats agreeing with that statement as opposed to just 36 percent of Republicans and 33 percent of "voters not affiliated with either major party."
"Similarly, Democrats (44 percent) are significantly more likely than Republicans (21 percent) or unaffiliated voters (19 percent) to rate Congress as doing a good or excellent job," the pollster said of their survey, which was conducted with 1,000 likely US voters between February 26 and 28 with a margin of error of 3 points.
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Wow, desperate for a headline talking point.
3 points in a poll is a margin of error...
...........big deal, a death row inmate would score “higher” as Speaker than Nancy “the crook” Pelosi.
28% approval.. thats like saying your sandwich tastes a little less shtty today. But Im still not eating it.
Well, in MLB that would be an ok batting average. So it just depends on perspective. :p
I was wondering whether I should post this under ‘humor.’ It’s actually rather funny. Congress truly is such a mess.
Headline writer got it a bit wrong.
Does this poll make any sense? McCarthy has been at the helm for only a few weeks.
If you had a 28% job approval rating in the private sector, your ass would be thrown out in the street. Everyone in the private sector has to be perfect. Government employees and politicians get a free pass. Perfection is not expected of them. “Good enough for government work” is good enough.
Good deal Jill order more blood pressure pills for Joey.
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