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Much has been made of the recent drop in the president's approval ratings, especially by those on the right -- and it is true that those ratings have dropped recently. According to a new Economist / YouGov Poll (taken between November 23rd and 25th of 1,000 nationwide adults, with a 3.8 point margin of error), the president's approval is now about 37% -- as low as it has ever been.
But I feel it is important to point out that those ratings are still much higher than those of Congress, which currently rests at a miserably low 6%. And while the public is still pretty angry with everyone in Washington, they still blame the Republicans most for the government's inability to get anything done -- particularly the inability to fix the economy. The approval rating for the congressional Republicans is at 24% -- about 13 points lower than the president, and 11 points lower than the congressional Democrats.
