U.S. Congress Job Approval Trend

U.S. Congress Job Approval Trend

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ApproveDisapproveNeither/Don't Know
Mar. 200926%52%22%
June 200920%58%22%
Oct. 200914%71%15%
Feb. 201118%58%23%
May 201116%62%22%
Oct. 201111%77%12%
Feb. 201211%73%16%
May 201210%71%19%
Oct. 201211%69%21%
Feb. 201314%71%15%
June 201312%69%18%
Oct. 20138%77%15%
Feb. 201411%72%17%
June 201411%72%18%
Oct. 201414%71%15%
Feb. 201520%58%22%
June 201515%62%23%
Oct. 201510%71%20%
Feb. 201612%67%21%
June 201610%69%21%
Oct. 201610%68%22%
Feb. 201726%50%25%
June 201715%67%19%
Oct. 201712%69%18%
Feb. 201819%61%19%
June 201818%59%22%
Oct. 201826%57%18%
Feb. 201918%61%21%
June 201918%60%22%
Oct. 201921%58%22%
Feb. 202018%61%20%
Apr. 202023%56%21%
June 202019%62%19%
Oct. 202020%60%20%
Feb. 202122%57%21%
Mar. 202129%49%22%
Apr. 202124%55%20%
June 202117%61%21%
Aug. 202121%59%21%
Oct. 202119%61%21%
Feb. 202221%58%22%
Apr. 202220%56%23%
June 202218%62%20%
Aug. 202226%55%19%
Oct. 202224%55%21%
Dec. 202229%50%20%
Feb. 202322%50%27%
Apr. 202325%52%24%
June 202324%52%25%
Aug. 202321%56%23%
Oct. 202319%60%20%
Dec. 202320%60%20%
Feb. 202426%53%21%
Apr. 202425%54%21%
June 202420%57%24%
Aug. 202421%53%25%

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ApproveDisapproveNeither/Don't Know
Mar. 20094%83%13%
June 20094%85%11%
Oct. 20092%93%4%
Feb. 201112%69%18%
May 201115%69%16%
Oct. 201114%77%9%
Feb. 201211%74%16%
May 201211%76%14%
Oct. 201211%70%19%
Feb. 201312%76%13%
June 201311%74%16%
Oct. 20138%78%13%
Feb. 201410%75%16%
June 20147%79%14%
Oct. 201414%73%14%
Feb. 201523%57%20%
June 201517%61%22%
Oct. 20159%74%18%
Feb. 201610%71%19%
June 20168%74%18%
Oct. 20166%73%21%
Feb. 201743%30%27%
June 201725%54%22%
Oct. 201716%64%19%
Feb. 201833%49%18%
June 201830%45%23%
Oct. 201847%34%19%
Feb. 201915%71%14%
June 201918%64%18%
Oct. 201923%61%16%
Feb. 202018%65%17%
Apr. 202025%57%17%
June 202022%59%19%
Oct. 202027%56%16%
Feb. 202110%76%14%
Mar. 20217%74%19%
Apr. 20216%82%13%
June 20218%78%15%
Aug. 20215%81%14%
Oct. 20217%81%12%
Feb. 20228%81%12%
Apr. 20229%76%15%
June 20228%79%12%
Aug. 202211%79%9%
Oct. 202211%75%13%
Dec. 202211%76%13%
Feb. 202317%60%23%
Apr. 202323%59%18%
June 202318%66%16%
Aug. 202315%64%20%
Oct. 202316%65%19%
Dec. 202317%64%19%
Feb. 202420%59%21%
Apr. 202420%57%23%
June 202416%63%21%
Aug. 202419%57%25%

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ApproveDisapproveNeither/Don't Know
Mar. 200953%24%23%
June 200943%33%24%
Oct. 200927%48%25%
Feb. 201129%45%25%
May 201121%51%27%
Oct. 201110%78%12%
Feb. 201213%73%14%
May 201211%71%18%
Oct. 201213%70%16%
Feb. 201319%67%14%
June 201318%65%17%
Oct. 20139%73%18%
Feb. 201414%70%16%
June 201416%66%18%
Oct. 201415%70%16%
Feb. 201518%64%19%
June 201515%64%22%
Oct. 201512%67%21%
Feb. 201615%64%20%
June 201612%66%22%
Oct. 201615%63%21%
Feb. 20178%72%20%
June 20174%78%17%
Oct. 20178%75%17%
Feb. 20187%75%18%
June 20188%74%18%
Oct. 20185%81%13%
Feb. 201922%51%27%
June 201919%54%26%
Oct. 201922%51%26%
Feb. 202021%58%22%
Apr. 202024%53%24%
June 202018%62%20%
Oct. 202014%63%22%
Feb. 202140%33%28%
Mar. 202155%23%21%
Apr. 202149%25%26%
June 202132%43%25%
Aug. 202141%33%25%
Oct. 202136%36%28%
Feb. 202238%36%26%
Apr. 202240%32%29%
June 202231%40%29%
Aug. 202245%31%24%
Oct. 202242%33%26%
Dec. 202251%27%23%
Feb. 202333%39%28%
Apr. 202332%43%26%
June 202330%40%32%
Aug. 202328%49%23%
Oct. 202324%55%21%
Dec. 202325%55%20%
Feb. 202437%46%18%
Apr. 202434%47%20%
June 202427%49%24%
Aug. 202428%49%23%

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ApproveDisapproveNeither/Don't Know
Mar. 200915%45%40%
June 200910%48%42%
Oct. 200915%67%18%
Feb. 20118%58%33%
May 20116%63%31%
Oct. 20115%75%20%
Feb. 20127%67%26%
May 20126%59%36%
Oct. 20126%61%32%
Feb. 20137%72%22%
June 20136%66%28%
Oct. 20133%90%8%
Feb. 20144%77%20%
June 20147%77%16%
Oct. 20148%74%17%
Feb. 201516%53%31%
June 20157%60%33%
Oct. 20156%71%23%
Feb. 20166%71%23%
June 20168%73%19%
Oct. 20164%75%21%
Feb. 201718%52%30%
June 20179%69%22%
Oct. 20179%70%21%
Feb. 201813%62%26%
June 201810%58%32%
Oct. 201810%64%25%
Feb. 201914%61%26%
June 201913%61%25%
Oct. 20199%68%24%
Feb. 202010%63%28%
Apr. 20207%68%26%
June 202010%71%18%
Oct. 202012%63%26%
Feb. 20219%68%22%
Mar. 202116%49%35%
Apr. 202115%53%32%
June 20218%65%26%
Aug. 202114%63%24%
Oct. 20219%65%26%
Feb. 20227%67%27%
Apr. 20224%65%30%
June 20229%72%18%
Aug. 20228%70%21%
Oct. 202213%68%19%
Dec. 202212%57%32%
Feb. 20238%66%26%
Apr. 20233%66%30%
June 202311%69%20%
Aug. 20238%69%23%
Oct. 20232%78%19%
Dec. 20239%66%26%
Feb. 20246%72%22%
Apr. 20243%75%21%
June 20245%67%27%
Aug. 202410%60%30%

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