Sunday, November 09, 2014

American Public Has No Confidence In New Congress


On Tuesday, the United States got a new Congress -- one in which both houses are controlled by the same party (the Republican Party). Is this going to solve the gridlock that haunted the 113th Congress -- a gridlock that had Americans giving Congress very low approval numbers (between 6% and 15%)?

The folks at the Rasmussen Poll decided to find out if Americans thought Congress had been fixed. Immediately after Tuesday's election, they queried a random national sample of 1,000 voters (and their survey had a margin of error of 3 points). They asked people if the new Republican Congress would be a disappointment -- and a whopping 59% said YES!

I agree. I think the new Congress will be a huge disappointment -- and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see them shut down the government again (since they don't have the votes to override a presidential veto).

1 comment:

  1. they claim that the poll was taken from a random sample of 1,000 voters. i wonder how many of that 1.000 actually got out to vote.

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