Americans have higher opinion of car salesmen than Congress
Congratulations are due our dysfunctional Congress as they have now been surpassed by car salesmen in the eyes of the American people.
Their approval rating stands at 6%.
The public's approval rating for Congress has finally hit rock bottom: For the first time, America has a higher opinion of car salespeople.
A new Economist/YouGov.com poll put the approval rating of Congress at a historic low of 6 percent. A December 2012 Gallup poll comparing Congress' approval ratings to other occupations had car salespeople at the bottom at 8 percent and Congress at 10 percent. Now Congress is the cellar dweller.
The nation's bad opinion of Congress, impacted by inaction, budget fights and the battle over the filibuster, has also spread to Senate leaders. Just 19 percent approve of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell while 54 percent disapprove. Democratic leader Sen. Harry Reid's ratings are 52 percent unfavorable, 25 percent favorable.
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"What Americans are sure about is how they feel about Congress in general. They don't like it, and haven't liked it for a while," said the poll. "But Congress's approval rating in this week's Economist/YouGov Poll matches its all-time low. Just 6 percent approve of the way Congress is handling its job. 72 percent disapprove."
For those who don't think it could get any lower, you're wrong. Upcoming budget fights, battles over the tax code, and the continuing Obamacare comedy will drive those remaining really, really low information voters to join with the rest of us and make our low opinion of Congress virtually unanimus.
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