Rating for Congress Falls to 30% in U.S. (Opinion Dynamics / Fox)

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Polling Data

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congress is doing?

Dec. 14 Sept. 14 Aug. 31 Mar. 30

Approve 30% 34% 28% 40%
Disapprove 52% 49% 53% 36%

Source: Opinion Dynamics / Fox News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 900 registered American voters, conducted on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, 2005. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10434

[tridim]

1. Why do they always ask this question for the congress as a whole?

Wouldn't it be much more telling if they asked two questions.. "Do you approve of the Democrats in congress" and "Do you approve of the Republicans in congress"?

[Zynx]

4. That's been done and ratings tend to be identical.

I'm pressed for time right now, but you can look it up on pollingreport.com

I think the reason they tend to be identical is that Americans don't like to spend the time to differentiate.

[still_one]

9. if you look at the past six years the democrats haven't been much

of an opposition party

[tridim]

10. True, but in the past year they have become an opposition party

At least some have. It's a start.

[orwell]

2. We hate them all...

...but we will vote them back in at a 95%+ clip.

America is brain dead.

[rfranklin]

6. When questioned, most Americans say...

say they don't like Congress as a whole, but they think their own person is great. Thus, you are correct, most of the crooks will return to Congress.

[ClintonTyree]

7. Too true........

people hate everyone else's Congressmen, not their own. Their own Congressmen are looking our for them and wouldn't do anything that was not in their best interests. :eyes: It's going to take good Democratic candidates to point out the inconsistencies in this mind-set. The Republicans as a whole cannot be trusted, they cannot be relied upon to do the people's business. That is the single most important piece of information that we must drive home before the '06 elections.
If it's not Democratic, it's C-R-A-P!

[Dongfang Hong]

3. More useful:

Do you approve or disapprove of your own Senator?
Do you approve or disapprove of your own Representitive?

[struggle4progress]

5. !

[Strawman]

8. What job?

What have they been other than a rubber stamp?