U.S. Congress Approval (August 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 17% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 40% |
Don't know | 4% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 4% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 34% | 10% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 20% | 11% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 11% | 21% |
Disapprove strongly | 13% | 52% | 60% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 3% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 1% | 11% |
Approve somewhat | 25% | 25% | 41% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 36% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 20% | 16% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% | 15% | 9% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 5% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 18% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 27% | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 65% | 47% | 64% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 30% | 24% | 5% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 20% | 28% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 19% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 17% | 23% | 64% |
Don't know | 4% | 4% | 3% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 4% | 14% |
Approve somewhat | 22% | 34% | 32% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 23% | 19% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 27% | 16% |
Disapprove strongly | 25% | 11% | 19% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 0% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 4% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 11% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 19% | 12% |
Disapprove strongly | 48% | 61% | 74% |
Don't know | 5% | 4% | 1% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 10% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 14% | 30% | 17% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 19% | 24% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 20% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 49% | 14% | 28% |
Don't know | 3% | 6% | 4% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 18% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 22% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 49% | 32% |
Don't know | 1% | 5% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 22% | 15% | 14% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 15% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 22% | 14% |
Disapprove strongly | 30% | 41% | 53% |
Don't know | 5% | 2% | 4% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 6% | 3% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 17% | 21% | 15% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 20% | 17% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 28% | 17% | 17% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 25% | 31% | 46% | 49% |
Don't know | 8% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 16% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 18% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 44% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 18% | 37% | 41% | 33% | 46% | 42% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 1% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 5% | 1% | 4% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 12% | 16% | 19% | 25% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 20% | 17% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 22% | 19% | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 37% | 39% | 31% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 1% | 4% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 13% | 15% | 24% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 15% | 17% | 30% |
Disapprove somewhat | 11% | 23% | 24% | 11% |
Disapprove strongly | 50% | 40% | 30% | 41% |
Don't know | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% |