Topics At A Glance: Congressional Approval

Overall Congressional Job Approval

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

CBS News/New York Times Poll, [Apr, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

Gallup Poll, [Apr, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?

Gallup Poll, [Mar, 2012]

Congressional Representative Job Performance

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Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of...your own representative in the US (United States) House of Representatives? (If Favorable/Unfavorable, ask:) Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?

ABC News/Washington Post Poll, [Nov, 2011]

Do you approve or disapprove of the job your own representative is doing in the US (United States) House of Representatives?

Sample: National registered voters
FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, [Oct, 2010]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way your own representative to the US (United States) House of Representatives in Congress is handling his or her job? (If Approve/Disapprove, ask:) Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?

Note: Asked of Registered voters
ABC News/Washington Post Poll, [Oct, 2010]

Congressional Democrats Job Performance

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?

Sample: National registered voters
Quinnipiac University Poll, [Apr, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Democrats in Congress are doing in office?

Note: Asked of Registered voters (78%)
McClatchy/Marist Poll, [Mar, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way...the Democrats in Congress are doing their job?

ABC News/Washington Post Poll, [Mar, 2012]

Congressional Republicans Job Performance

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?

Sample: National registered voters
Quinnipiac University Poll, [Apr, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing in office?

Note: Asked of Registered voters (78%)
McClatchy/Marist Poll, [Mar, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way...the Republicans in Congress are doing their job?

ABC News/Washington Post Poll, [Mar, 2012]

From the Archives

(Next, please say whether you strongly approve, approve, disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the way each of the following handled their role in the efforts to pass that bill (a proposed 700 billion dollar bill to deal with the current financial crisis).)...Senator John McCain

Gallup/USA Today Poll, [Sep, 2008]

How would you rate the job your own congressman in this district is doing--excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

Sample: Likely voters
ABC News/Harris Survey, [Mar, 1980]

(Now, I'd like to rate your feelings toward some people and organizations, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favorable feeling, zero meaning a very cold unfavorable feeling, and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred, the higher the number the more favorable your feelings are toward that person or organization. If you have no opinion or never heard of that person or organization, please say so.)...Name of Republican House incumbent...Give...name of Republican House incumbent a rating, with 100 meaning a very warm, favorable feeling, zero meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling, and 50 meaning not particularly warm or cold. (If Don't know, ask:) Would you say you are unable to give an opinion of...name of Republican House incumbent, or have you never heard of...name of Republican House incumbent?

Sample: National likely voters
Note: Asked of Republican districts in landline sample
Democracy Corps Poll, [Oct, 2010]