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In reply to the discussion: Why the American People hate Congress (at a glance, via one graphic) [View all]tblue37
(65,333 posts)49. People hate "Congress," but on average they give a 47% approval rating to *their own* particular
representatives.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/10/nation/la-na-congress-public-20111210
Americans' view of Congress at all-time lowIn a Gallup Poll, 76% in the U.S. say most representatives do not deserve to be reelected. But a slim majority would keep their own leaders in their House seats.
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Even though Congress as an institution is historically unpopular, Gallup found that 53% of those polled said they would reelect their own representative. Those numbers are low, but not record lows.
"Most voters believe Washington is broken because other people's congressman broke it <emphasis added>," Wasserman said.
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Why the American People hate Congress (at a glance, via one graphic) [View all]
Land Shark
Dec 2011
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Does anyone out there have this information? (putting names to the seats in the chart?) nt
Land Shark
Dec 2011
#11
Part of the problem is that the people (i.e., most people) who have already allowed themselves
tblue37
Dec 2011
#48
Money doesn't completely control one's predilections, but it's a heavy weight on the scale
Land Shark
Dec 2011
#13
Well, that's a subthread-killer if I ever saw one (calling me "right about that") :) nt
Land Shark
Dec 2011
#15
yes, and the article says 57 members of congress came from top 1% but graphic shows more
maggiesfarmer
Dec 2011
#21
I would be more interested in the graphic showing what income they were all raised on.
Muskypundit
Dec 2011
#25
What's sad is that unless their congressman is retiring or has done an extremely poor job in their
boxman15
Dec 2011
#30
You know something? People here keep pointing this out, but nobody seems to get it.
closeupready
Dec 2011
#32
Seems like when topics like this come up here, I am the only one to comment, and
closeupready
Dec 2011
#34