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?

Gallup Poll, [Nov, 2012]

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

Note: Asked of Form A half sample
CNN/ORC International Poll, [Nov, 2012]

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

CBS News/New York Times Poll, [Oct, 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 Democratic leaders in Congress are handling their job?

Note: Asked of Form B half sample
CNN/ORC International Poll, [Nov, 2012]

(Overall, please tell me whether you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs.) (If Approve, ask:) Is that strongly approve or somewhat approve? (If Disapprove, ask:) Is that strongly disapprove or somewhat disapprove? (If Neither, ask:) If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approving or disapproving of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs?

%
12		Strongly approve
22		Somewhat approve
5		Lean approve
3		Neither-don't lean (Vol.)
4		Lean disapprove
17		Somewhat disapprove
35		Strongly disapprove
1		Don't know
*		Refused

Associated Press/Gfk Poll, [Aug, 2012]

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

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

Congressional Republicans Job Performance

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(Overall, please tell me whether you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their jobs.) (If Approve, ask:) Is that strongly approve or somewhat approve? (If Disapprove, ask:) Is that strongly disapprove or somewhat disapprove? (If Neither, ask:) If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approving or disapproving of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their jobs?

%
6		Strongly approve
18		Somewhat approve
6		Lean approve
2		Neither-don't lean (Vol.)
6		Lean disapprove
24		Somewhat disapprove
36		Strongly disapprove
2		Don't know

Associated Press/Gfk Poll, [Aug, 2012]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job in charge of the House of Representatives? (If Approve/Disapprove, ask:) (Is that strongly or somewhat approve/disapprove?)

Sample: National likely voters
Democracy Corps/Women's Voices. Women Vote Poll, [Jul, 2012]

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

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

From the Archives

Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way Congress is handling its job? (If Approve/Disapprove, ask:) Is that strongly approve/disapprove or somewhat approve/disapprove? (If Have mixed feelings/Not sure, ask:) If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approve or disapprove?

%
4		Strongly approve
17		Somewhat approve
11		Lean toward approval
4		Still have mixed feelings
23		Lean toward disapproval
15		Somewhat disapprove
23		Strongly disapprove
3		Not sure

Associated Press/Ipsos-Public Affairs Poll, [Jan, 2007]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their jobs? (If approve disapprove, ask:) Do you strongly approve/disapprove or somewhat approve/disapprove?

Sample: National registered voters
Battleground 2002 Survey, [Apr, 2001]

How would you rate the job...Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is doing--excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?

Harris Poll, [Jun, 2001]