Tuesday
Jun212011
Congressional Approval Drops
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 11:30AMAccording to a recent Gallup survey, Americans’ approval of Congress has declined seven points since May and now stands at stands at 17 percent.
Gallup attributes the decline to a return to normalcy after a government-wide spike in approval following the death of Osama bin Laden. In addition, the survey was conducted amid the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal.
The new data also reflects the lowest approval for Congressional Republicans since the GOP took control the lower chamber. Approval rates among Republicans is at 14 percent, 11 points lower than the 25 percent approval rating among Democrats.
The poll was conducted among a random sampling of 1,020 American adults between June 9 through 12th.
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