U.S. Congress Job Approval (February 2015)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 17% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 34% |
Don't know | 3% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 14% | 14% | 20% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 26% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 15% | 31% |
Disapprove strongly | 44% | 38% | 26% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% | 2% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 19% | 12% | 25% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 20% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 32% | 33% | 30% |
Disapprove strongly | 28% | 30% | 22% |
Don't know | 2% | 6% | 1% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 0% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 22% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 16% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 26% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 58% | 32% | 45% |
Don't know | 2% | 3% | 1% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 1% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 16% | 21% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 26% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 20% | 29% |
Disapprove strongly | 60% | 31% | 26% |
Don't know | 0% | 6% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 3% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 21% | 20% | 21% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 20% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 34% | 30% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 28% | 23% | 27% |
Don't know | 0% | 3% | 1% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 1% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 11% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 9% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 16% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 59% | 63% | 57% |
Don't know | 1% | 0% | 0% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 5% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 14% | 22% | 21% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 23% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 27% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 21% | 32% |
Don't know | 0% | 3% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 8% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 15% | 14% | 23% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 37% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 27% | 11% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 37% | 29% | 29% |
Don't know | 3% | 1% | 5% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 18% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 23% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 28% |
Disapprove strongly | 42% | 27% |
Don't know | 1% | 5% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 5% | 2% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 17% | 18% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 19% | 17% | 23% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 25% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 35% | 35% | 32% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 4% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 13% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 14% | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 23% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 22% |
Disapprove somewhat | 27% | 21% | 28% | 25% | 25% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 29% | 35% | 37% | 38% | 40% |
Don't know | 5% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 9% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 19% | 18% | 16% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 23% | 17% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 23% | 28% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 24% | 31% | 37% | 40% |
Don't know | 7% | 3% | 1% | 3% |