U.S. Congress Approval (December 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 34% |
Don't know | 3% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 0% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 21% | 9% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 24% | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 21% | 31% |
Disapprove strongly | 32% | 45% | 33% |
Don't know | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 3% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 9% | 21% | 27% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 22% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 26% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 52% | 23% | 26% |
Don't know | 4% | 5% | 3% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 4% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 9% | 15% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 23% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 32% | 33% | 29% |
Disapprove strongly | 46% | 21% | 31% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 2% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 2% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 19% | 18% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 21% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 20% | 33% |
Disapprove strongly | 34% | 31% | 34% |
Don't know | 1% | 8% | 2% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 6% | 10% |
Approve somewhat | 18% | 22% | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 22% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 21% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 40% | 29% | 37% |
Don't know | 0% | 1% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 5% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 11% | 15% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 14% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 30% | 31% | 36% |
Disapprove strongly | 32% | 33% | 36% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 9% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 15% | 23% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 21% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 28% | 21% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 36% | 24% | 33% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 5% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 28% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 30% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 9% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 24% | 12% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 17% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 28% | 32% |
Disapprove strongly | 27% | 38% | 35% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% | 4% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 8% | 8% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 28% | 19% | 11% | 10% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 18% | 14% | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 15% | 26% | 30% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 20% | 24% | 41% | 43% |
Don't know | 6% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 14% | 16% | 13% | 16% | 19% | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 19% | 19% | 17% | 19% | 16% | 11% |
Disapprove somewhat | 11% | 24% | 27% | 28% | 28% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 40% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 30% | 42% |
Don't know | 16% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 3% | 1% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 20% | 14% | 15% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 19% | 19% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 23% | 28% | 29% |
Disapprove strongly | 29% | 37% | 32% | 43% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 5% | 1% |
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% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 21% | 14% | 11% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 17% | 14% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 29% | 26% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 26% | 34% | 45% | 31% |
Don't know | 4% | 3% | 1% | 12% |