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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Americans' views on deporting immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally are complex, reflecting the complexity of the issue itself.

Lydia Saad joins the podcast to discuss the latest on public attitudes on abortion, views on its moral acceptability and how important the issue is to Americans' vote.