US Congress Job Approval (June 2017)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 43% |
Don't know | 4% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 9% | 23% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 19% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 25% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 59% | 44% | 27% |
Don't know | 5% | 3% | 3% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 0% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 1% | 6% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% | 24% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 20% | 16% |
Disapprove strongly | 65% | 42% | 65% |
Don't know | 2% | 8% | 5% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 2% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 16% | 33% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 27% | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 31% | 24% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 37% | 28% | 19% |
Don't know | 1% | 3% | 4% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 12% | 20% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 23% | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 22% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 65% | 35% | 32% |
Don't know | 3% | 7% | 3% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 1% | 2% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 15% | 2% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 12% | 16% |
Disapprove strongly | 50% | 70% | 75% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 4% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 1% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 18% | 24% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 19% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 30% | 30% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 36% | 28% | 34% |
Don't know | 2% | 3% | 2% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 3% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 29% | 19% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 24% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 20% | 33% |
Disapprove strongly | 65% | 21% | 32% |
Don't know | 4% | 3% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 3% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 17% | 3% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 17% | 21% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 25% | 21% |
Disapprove strongly | 41% | 46% | 42% |
Don't know | 2% | 7% | 5% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 13% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 39% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 11% | 11% | 21% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 14% | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 24% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 43% | 46% | 35% |
Don't know | 6% | 3% | 2% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 10% | 15% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 19% | 19% | 13% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 24% | 25% | 22% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 39% | 36% | 47% | 47% |
Don't know | 6% | 7% | 2% | 1% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 23% | 14% | 19% | 19% | 13% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 26% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 25% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 35% | 37% | 42% | 37% | 46% | 55% |
Don't know | 7% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 0% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 18% | 15% | 3% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 23% | 12% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 24% | 24% | 29% | 18% |
Disapprove strongly | 35% | 35% | 51% | 69% |
Don't know | 4% | 3% | 5% | 2% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 5% | 1% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 20% | 14% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 19% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 26% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 32% | 38% | 65% |
Don't know | 5% | 2% | 3% |