Democrat Controlled Congress Remains Unpopular

"But it worked in San Francisco!
The rest of America is just too stupid.
Maybe if I explained to them how stupid
they are, our ratings will go up."

a) Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congress is doing?

	Aug. 2008	Oct. 2007	Jun. 2007
Approve	20%	21%	19%
Disapprove	73%	68%	69%
Unsure	7%	11%	13%

Source: Opinion Dynamics / Fox News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 900 registered American voters, conducted on Aug. 19 and Aug. 20, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

b) How would you rate the overall job the Congress is doing—excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?

	Aug. 2008	Jun. 2008	Apr. 2008
Positive	18%	13%	17%
Negative	77%	83%	77%

Source: Harris Interactive
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,015 American adults, conducted from Aug. 6 to Aug. 10, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

c) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

	Aug. 2008	Oct. 2007	Jun. 2007
Approve	17%	22%	27%
Disapprove	73%	69%	65%
Unsure	10%	9%	8%

Source: Bloomberg / Los Angeles Times
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,375 American adults, conducted from Aug. 15 to Aug. 18, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

d) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

	Aug. 2008	Jul. 2008	May 2008
Approve	16%	14%	16%
Disapprove	74%	77%	76%
Unsure	10%	9%	8%

Source: Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,547 likely American voters, conducted from Aug. 12 to Aug. 17, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

e) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

	Aug. 2008	Apr. 2008	Mar. 2008
Approve	16%	18%	23%
Disapprove	78%	75%	72%
Unsure	6%	8%	6%

Source: Financial Dynamics / Diageo/Hotline
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,022 registered American voters, conducted from Aug. 18 to Aug. 24, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

—Compiled by Angus-Reid Associates