A couple of days ago, I posted about the unpopularity of the current Congress. According to a recent Gallup Poll, Congress has the approval of only about 11% of the American people (just 1 point above the all-time low measured by Gallup of 10%).But the newest survey on Congress by Public Policy Polling makes that 11% look good. The PPP survey, conducted between October 4th and 6th of 502 registered voters across the nation (with a 4.4 point margin of error) measured congressional approval at only 8% among the general public. It seems that the public is disgusted with Congress right now -- no surprise since they have shut down the government.
But the folks at Public Policy Polling had a bit of fun with this survey. For the second year, they asked the poll's respondents to compare Congress to a number of things that are generally disliked by most people. Here are some of those comparisons -- and they do show just how low an opinion of Congress that many people have. The question is "Which do you have a higher opinion of?" --
Wall Street...............46%
Congress...............15%
Unsure...............39%
Witches...............46%
Congress...............32%
Unsure...............21%
Dog poop...............47%
Congress...............40%
Unsure...............13%
Hemorrhoids...............53%
Congress...............31%
Unsure...............16%
Toenail fungus...............44%
Congress...............41%
Unsure...............15%
Cockroaches...............44%
Congress...............42%
Unsure...............15%
Jury Duty...............73%
Congress...............18%
Unsure...............10%
The IRS...............42%
Congress...............33%
Unsure...............24%
Public Radio fundraising...............60%
Congress...............25%
Unsure...............15%
The DMV...............58%
Congress...............24%
Unsure...............18%
Hipsters...............42%
Congress...............33%
Unsure...............25%
Potholes...............47%
Congress...............36%
Unsure...............17%
To be fair, the survey did find a few things with an even lower opinion than Congress -- such as Charles Manson, Vladimir Putin, Twerking, Lindsey Lohan, Syria, Ebola virus, Heroin, Miley Cyrus, and Anthony Weiner. I guess Congress hasn't yet reached rock bottom -- but they do seem to be trying hard to get there.
