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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 12:39 PM Jun 2013

Congress Rating as Institution Hits Low, Gallup Says

By Laura Litvan - Jun 13, 2013
The public’s scorn for a gridlocked U.S. Congress continues to grow, with a new Gallup poll showing confidence in the legislative body falling to 10 percent, the lowest level Gallup has ever found for any institution.

The poll released today found Congress dead last among 16 institutions in a survey which included banks, the U.S. Supreme Court and the presidency. Congress was behind organized labor and health maintenance organizations in public confidence.

Congress’s 10 percent rating in the survey was three percentage points lower than in a similar Gallup survey of the public’s views of major institutions conducted at the same time last year.

The decline in confidence in Congress dates back to 1973, when it was 42 percent, a level not matched since. While it’s ebbed and flowed, public opinion of the institution has fallen sharply in the last decade. Gallup’s current level of 10 percent is in line with other polls that show historically poor approval ratings for Congress and its top leaders.

The public’s contempt is probably driven by the lack of action on significant legislation at a time of split party control, according to Gallup. Both chambers are working on immigration legislation, with the full Senate debating the most significant revision to immigration law in a generation while House leaders are seeking to craft a measure.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-13/congress-rating-as-institution-hits-low-gallup-says.html

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Congress Rating as Institution Hits Low, Gallup Says (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2013 OP
Not a suprise Drale Jun 2013 #1
What do you mean we have a Congress? davidpdx Jun 2013 #2
Well with a Congress that doesn't do jack shit for the People, what do you expect? sakabatou Jun 2013 #3
Wow! A 10% favorable rating! summerschild Jun 2013 #4
Nah. See who they are here (pie chart): Amonester Jun 2013 #6
And that pie chart in my reply #6 was from 2007. Amonester Jun 2013 #8
I'd love to see a poll that separates Republican and Democratic Congress people. Squinch Jun 2013 #5
When we get a majority in Congress in 2014 we need to turn this thing around!! Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #7

Drale

(7,932 posts)
1. Not a suprise
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 12:47 PM
Jun 2013

now we just have to channel that anger towards the people causing this problem, the Repukes.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
2. What do you mean we have a Congress?
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 02:23 PM
Jun 2013

There are people elected to do something? No...no...this can't be true.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
6. Nah. See who they are here (pie chart):
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 11:17 PM
Jun 2013


Top 1% + next 4% + next 5% = 10%

IOW, only those who benefit from bribing them (to do nothing for the bottom 90%).

Pretty clear if you ask me.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
8. And that pie chart in my reply #6 was from 2007.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 11:52 PM
Jun 2013

It's got worse for the bottom 90% since...

Something is about to break.

History doesn't lie.

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