GALLUP: Approval of Congress Hits Four-Year High, Fueled by Dems

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Approval of Congress Hits Four-Year High, Fueled by Dems
USA Congress Government and Politics Job Approval Americas Northern America by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' job approval rating of Congress is up an additional 8 points this month, after a 12-point increase last month, and now stands at 39% -- the most positive assessment of Congress since February 2005.



Americans who identify themselves as Democrats are mostly responsible for the improved ratings of Congress measured in the March 5-8 Gallup Poll. After showing a 25-point increase in their approval of Congress from January to February and a further 14-point increase in March, a majority of Democrats (57%) now approve of the job the Democratically-controlled Congress is doing. Independents also show improved ratings of Congress, but not nearly to the extent that Democrats do. Republicans' evaluations of Congress have changed very little this year.



Quick Turnaround

Even though Congress' job approval rating is still low on an absolute basis, the recent ratings represent a quick turnaround from the historically low ratings of 2008. Last year, on average, only 19% of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing -- one of the three lowest yearly congressional approval averages in Gallup records dating back to 1974, along with 1979 (19%) and 1992 (18%).

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/116530/Approval-Congress-Hits-Four-Year-High-Fueled-Dems.aspx

[msongs]

1. pass more liberal/progressive legislation & watch approval skyrocket maybe nt

[avaistheone1]

5. That's true.

[Cha]

2. And, with the corporatemediawhoredom doing every-

thing possible to bring down the Dems..this is what surprises me!

[Zynx]

3. The side effect of this economic disaster is that no one trusts the press.

Particularly not the financial press.

[Cha]

4. I'd call that

a perk!