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Fifty-six percent of Democrats would prefer the party choose someone other than Nancy Pelosi to be the next speaker of the House.

A majority of Americans are optimistic that Donald Trump will try to work with congressional Democrats to solve problems -- and that they will try to work with him. Fewer are hopeful about the GOP's cooperation with Democrats.

Americans who rate the job Congress is doing as poor or bad say Congress is ineffective and gridlocked, and strongly agree that Congress is under the control of financial contributors and lobbyists rather than constituents back home.

Despite a recent flurry of bipartisan legislative activity, congressional job approval remains low, at 19%. Republicans are not much more likely than Democrats to approve of the GOP Congress.

Strong majorities of Americans say being a state governor (72%), a member of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives (65%), or U.S. secretary of state (63%) is excellent or good preparation to be an effective president.

Both the American public and President-elect Joe Biden favor government action on the nation's pressing infrastructure problems.

Although politically very different, presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have both campaigned on the same contention that government in Washington is not working, something largely in tune with Americans' attitudes.

The venerable General Social Survey results for 2014 confirm the findings from Gallup and other surveys that Americans have become significantly less confident in all branches of their government.

A third of Americans favor one party controlling both the White House and Congress, a slight dip from 2016 but higher than the 25% who prefer divided government.

President Donald Trump's job approval rating is holding steady at 49%. U.S. satisfaction is at a 15-year high.