Poll: Americans Blame Congressional Inaction For Poor Economy

By Tim Young

According to a new poll from the centrist organization No Labels, 94 percent of Americans say that Congress’ inaction, including the failure of the Super Committee, is harming the economy.

“Nine out of 10 citizens blame Congress for the most pressing problems Americans are facing,” said No Labels Co-Founder Bill Galston. “We saw from the failure of the Super Committee that gridlock and hyper-partisanship have utterly impeded Congress’ ability to carry out its responsibilities to the American people.”

Of the 800 registered voters that took the survey, 85 percent support reforms that would quickly reform gridlock and the hyper-partisanship of Congress, which has been witnessed through not only the Super Committee, but in statements from both House and Senate leadership on both sides of the aisle.

28 percent of those surveyed prefer conventional campaign finance reform and two out of three of the survey takers were willing to call in to their congressman in support of a rule reform package.

The No Labels poll was an online survey of 800 registered voters, with a +/- 3.5 percent margin of error.