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Nearly six in 10 Americans are dissatisfied with U.S. gun laws, marking the ninth consecutive year of majority-level dissatisfaction.

Barely half of U.S. voters think their own member of Congress deserves re-election, while 27% believe most members deserve another turn. Both measures are near the low points in Gallup's trend.

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.