The above chart shows the results of the most recent Gallup Poll on approval of the current Congress. The poll was taken between April 4th and 7th of a random nationwide sample of 1,005 adults -- and has a margin of error of about 4 points.Approval of Congress is not quite as bad as it has been, since it reached as low as 10% approval last year a couple of times. But 15% is certainly nothing to brag about. The slight increase is due to a small rise in approval of Congress from Democrats and Independents from the middle of last year (when the Democratic mark was 9% and the Independent mark was 11%), but both of those groups still join the GOP in overwhelming disapproval of the job Congress is doing.
The huge majority of the general public wants to see a job creation bill, a gun control bill, and immigration reform -- and if Congress was to get all three done they could see a significant rise in their approval numbers. But there is zero chance of a jobs bill, almost no chance of a gun bill, and only a slim chance of immigration reform -- and it is the congressional Republicans that want to stop all three. Democrats need to make sure the voters know this as the 2014 election approaches.
