Poll: As debt battle looms, 55% of Americans say GOP House is 'dysfunctional'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By a massive 30-point margin, Americans say Republicans’ protracted battle earlier this month to elect a new House speaker is a sign that “Congress is dysfunctional” (55%) rather than “functioning as intended” (25%), according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

And that’s probably a harbinger of trouble ahead as the United States breaches its debt limit and barrels toward yet another dramatic clash on Capitol Hill in the coming weeks.

Even among Republicans, more see the recent speaker standoff — described in the survey as taking “15 rounds of voting — the most in 100 years — because of resistance from a small group of Republicans” — as evidence that Congress is dysfunctional (48%) rather than functional (37%).

As the U.S. officially hit its debt ceiling Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she would have to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid a financial meltdown and urged congressional leaders to “promptly” raise the nation’s borrowing limit. (Raising the limit allows the federal government to cover expenses it has already authorized in order to avoid a catastrophic default that could wipe out $15 trillion in wealth and cost as many as 6 million jobs, according to one recent estimate.)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-as-debt-battle-looms-55-of-americans-say-gop-house-is-dysfunctional-233139581.html

Surprised it isn't 75%

[TheRealNorth]

1. 9 out of 10 Republican voters would endore a dumpster fire.....

If it was a Republican dumpster fire.

[Tickle]

2. pay attention when you link

Did you see their chart?

Democrats are 66% dysfunctional with 21% congress is functioning as intended

Is this a joke?

[femmedem]

3. 66% of Democrats say Congress is dysfunctional, only 21% of Ds say it's functioning as intended.

I'm not sure why you think this is problematic, unless you mean it's surprising that only 66% of Democrats believe Congress is dysfunctional.

The chart makes sense to me: more Dems than Independents believe Congress is dysfunctional, and more Independents than Republicans think Congress is dysfunctional.

[PortTack]

4. Nailed it

[Tickle]

5. the latter

is why I said something. ok, now I see how you are reading this.

I'll move along now

[femmedem]

7. Easy to misread when you're skimming content.

Happens to all of us.

[llmart]

6. And they've only been in Congress for how many days?

Just give it more time and they'll outdo themselves.