Only A Third in U.S. Satisfied with Congress

[struggle4progress]

Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way Congress is handling its job?

Jan. 2006 Dec. 2005 Nov. 2005

Approve 34% 31% 32%
Disapprove 63% 65% 64%
Mixed feelings 2% 3% 2%

And if the election for Congress were held today, would you want to see the Republicans or Democrats win control of Congress?

Democrats 49%
Republicans 36%
Neither 12%
Not sure 3%

Source: Ipsos-Public Affairs / Associated Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,001 American adults, conducted from Jan. 3 to Jan. 5, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10470

[Captain Hilts]

1. The problem is everybody else's member of Congress, not your own.

So, this doesn't necessarily mean Big Changes.

[struggle4progress]

2. Probably right. But with current attitudes, our side only needs to hold ..

.. that 49% and get another 2% from the Neither/Not-Sure crowd to pick up a number of seats ...

[diamondsndust]

3. can't the 2/3rds of us SANE ones go...

stuff these other clowns in a locker or lock them in a closet until elections are over??