October 6, 2009
Americans' approval of Congress is at 21% this month, down from last month’s 31% and from the recent high of 39% in March. Most of this change is due to a steep 18-point decline in approval among Democrats, from 54% in September to 36% now. At ...
October 5, 2009
Americans remain largely divided on whether Congress should pass healthcare legislation, with a full quarter continuing to be unsure. However, when the leanings of undecided Americans are pressed, healthcare reform now enjoys a slight advantage, ...
September 18, 2009
One-third of Americans think the Republicans in Congress have made a sincere effort to work with Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress and 38% think Democrats have made a sincere effort to work with Republicans in Congress to find solutions ...
September 17, 2009
Job approval ratings for both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are near their lowest points in a decade -- with Democrats, at 36%, faring slightly better than Republicans, at 27%. Republicans are unusually critical of the job their own ...
September 14, 2009
By a 68% to 21% margin, Americans oppose rather than support South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst during President Obama’s address to Congress last Wednesday. Despite the media’s intense focus on it, Americans do not seem ...
September 10, 2009
A record-low 45% of Americans currently trust the legislative branch of government, far fewer than trust the judicial (76%) or executive (61%) branches. Three in four Americans (73%) trust the people of the country when it comes to making ...
September 8, 2009
A new Gallup Poll finds 39% of Americans directing their member of Congress to vote against a healthcare reform bill this fall while 37% want their member to vote in favor. Opponents of reform are more likely than supporters to say the issue ...
August 20, 2009
Americans’ approval of Congress stands at 31% -- lower than earlier this year, albeit up from 2008. At least half of Democrats have approved of the new Congress since March, but a large share of independents and Republicans disapprove.
August 12, 2009
More than two-thirds of Americans (69%) are closely following news accounts of protests at town hall meetings on healthcare reform. While 34% say the protests make them more sympathetic to the protestors’ viewpoints, 21% say less sympathetic; ...
August 11, 2009
About as many Americans (35%) say they would tell their member of Congress to vote for a new healthcare reform bill when Congress reconvenes in September as say they would tell their member to vote against such a bill (36%). The rest (29%) have ...
