Disapproval rating of Congress 82%

[privateinvestor]

House Speaker John Boehner is the only congressional leader whose favorables are up noticeably this month, but his negatives have risen even more as the debate over raising the federal debt ceiling drags on.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% of Likely U.S. Voters hold at least a somewhat favorable view of Boehner, up from 37% last month but still down from his peak of 47% in March. The new finding includes 11% with a Very Favorable opinion of the House speaker.

But Boehner’s unfavorables are up to their highest level this year. Forty-four percent (44%) now regard the Ohio congressman at least somewhat unfavorably, up from 36% in June. This includes 22% with a Very Unfavorable opinion. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided about him. (To see survey question wording, click here .) Last October, before he became Speaker, Boehner’s unfavorables were even higher at 48%.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of voters have an unfavorable opinion of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who stepped down as speaker following the GOP takeover of the House in January. This includes 45% with a Very Unfavorable view and ties her worst-ever ratings, last achieved in February. Twenty-eight percent (28%) hold a favorable opinion of the San Francisco congresswoman, with 10% Very Favorable toward her.
Just 27% share a favorable view of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, with seven percent (7%) Very Favorable. The Nevada Democrat is viewed unfavorably by 53%, including 33% with a Very Unfavorable opinion. Twenty percent (20%) have no opinion of him. In late May , Reid’s favorables hit an all-time low of 21%.

Voter approval of the job Congress is doing also has fallen to a new low - for the second month in a row. Just six percent (6%) now rate Congress' performance as good or excellent.

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The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on July 26-27, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell remains the least-known of Congress’ bosses, but his unfavorables have reached a new high. Thirty-one percent (31%) view the Kentucky senator favorably, including six percent (6%) with a Very Favorable opinion. Forty-two percent (42%) regard him unfavorably, with 19% Very Unfavorable.

But better than one-in-four voters (27%) still don’t know enough McConnell to venture any kind of opinion of him.

Vice President Joe Biden was an early player in the debt ceiling negotiations. Forty-two percent (42%) view him favorably, while 52% hold an unfavorable opinion of the former Delaware senator. Those are his highest negatives in nearly a year. The latest findings include 13% with a Very Favorable regard for Biden and 29% with a Very Unfavorable one.

With the continuing debt ceiling debate and consumer confidence near two-year lows, voters are souring even more on President Obama's handling of economic issues . Fifty percent (50%) say the president is doing a poor job when it comes to the economy, tying the highest negative finding of his presidency.
Only 35% of voters approve of the way the president and congressional Democrats are handling the debt ceiling debate , while just 38% like the way Republicans are performing.

Predictably, most Democrats view Biden, Pelosi and Reid favorably, while most Republicans share a favorable opinion of Boehner and McConnell.

Among voters not affiliated with either party, Biden, Reid and Pelosi earn unfavorables of 53%, 58% and 68% respectively. Fifty-one percent (51%) of unaffiliateds have an unfavorable opinion of Boehner, and 50% say the same of McConnell.

Most Political Class voters view all three Democratic leaders favorably but are strongly critical of the Republicans. Most Mainstream voters regard Biden, Reid and Pelosi unfavorably, while a plurality (48%) of this group gives favorable marks to Boehner. Those in the Mainstream are almost evenly divided in their assessment of McConnell.

As if the criticism of their handling of the debt ceiling wasn’t enough, 46% of voters now view most members of Congress as corrupt . That’s up seven points from June and the highest finding yet recorded.



www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_favorability_ratings

[djAdvocate]

a recent gallup ( ?) poll recently saw that favorability of the Tea Party has fallen from 31% last November to 18% today.

[mmhmm]

I live in a highly conservative area, dj, and I'm even hearing grumbling around here about the Tea Party. Never thought I'd see the day!

[djAdvocate]

Aug 7, 2011 9:21:32 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

I live in a highly conservative area, dj, and I'm even hearing grumbling around here about the Tea Party. Never thought I'd see the day!

i am not going to make any comments on this subject other than quoting survey data, mm. but clearly this board is not the best measure of public opinion.

[mmhmm]

Heh. That's for sure, dj. I haven't seen a message board yet I'd say was a good measure of public opinion. I have no clue why that is, but it's certainly proven true in my eyes.

[privateinvestor]

Aug 7, 2011 9:24:28 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Aug 7, 2011 9:21:32 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

I live in a highly conservative area, dj, and I'm even hearing grumbling around here about the Tea Party. Never thought I'd see the day!

i am not going to make any comments on this subject other than quoting survey data, mm. but clearly this board is not the best measure of public opinion.

The marathon negotiations that led to the debt ceiling deal seemed to leave an indiscriminate trail of casualties in Washington. And now a new opinion poll has proven as much, with public views on the debt showdown dealing severe hits to all parties--centrist compromisers and principled hardliners alike.

Not all the anger is necessarily aimed at Washington, however. Public perception of the tea party movement, which many see as the driving force that kept Republicans from voting to raising the debt ceiling without implementing unprecedented spending reductions, is at a record low. In a New York Times/CBS poll released Friday, 40 percent of respondents said they held an "unfavorable" view of the movement, up from 29 percent before the debt negotiations began in April, and higher than any number since pollsters started asking the question last year. One in five respondents said they approved of the tea party, down from 26 percent a few months ago.
Congress, as usual, fared the worst. The legislative branch almost never gets high marks from the public, but never before has it earned this level of disapproval. Eighty-two percent in the poll said they disapprove of how members of Congress are doing their jobs--the highest such rate since 1977, when the poll was first taken.



news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/views-congress-tea-party-reach-low-poll-135728798.html

[Bluerobin]

Then if what you say is factual why did @60 new members of congress thank the Tea Party for helping them get elected to congress???

Because they believed their own hype. Time will prove me correct.

[djAdvocate]

Aug 7, 2011 9:31:07 GMT -5 @privateinvestor said:

Aug 7, 2011 9:24:28 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i am not going to make any comments on this subject other than quoting survey data, mm. but clearly this board is not the best measure of public opinion.

The marathon negotiations that led to the debt ceiling deal seemed to leave an indiscriminate trail of casualties in Washington. And now a new opinion poll has proven as much, with public views on the debt showdown dealing severe hits to all parties--centrist compromisers and principled hardliners alike.

Not all the anger is necessarily aimed at Washington, however. Public perception of the tea party movement, which many see as the driving force that kept Republicans from voting to raising the debt ceiling without implementing unprecedented spending reductions, is at a record low. In a New York Times/CBS poll released Friday, 40 percent of respondents said they held an "unfavorable" view of the movement, up from 29 percent before the debt negotiations began in April, and higher than any number since pollsters started asking the question last year. One in five respondents said they approved of the tea party, down from 26 percent a few months ago.
Congress, as usual, fared the worst. The legislative branch almost never gets high marks from the public, but never before has it earned this level of disapproval. Eighty-two percent in the poll said they disapprove of how members of Congress are doing their jobs--the highest such rate since 1977, when the poll was first taken.



news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/views-congress-tea-party-reach-low-poll-135728798.html

that data agrees with mine within 2%

[privateinvestor]

Aug 7, 2011 9:42:10 GMT -5 Bluerobin said:

Then if what you say is factual why did @60 new members of congress thank the Tea Party for helping them get elected to congress???

Because they believed their own hype. Time will prove me correct.

Ok sorry my bad..I forgot you are always correct..

[privateinvestor]

Aug 7, 2011 9:06:49 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

a recent gallup ( ?) poll recently saw that favorability of the Tea Party has fallen from 31% last November to 18% today.

40 percent of respondents said they held an "unfavorable



news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/views....-135728798.html

[handyman2]

The so called Tea Party does not in reality exist. It is mearly a group of people who have like minds about certain subjects and are willing to support any candidate who will support what is important to them. Be in Republican or Democrat. The local group is announced support for a Democrat in the 2012 election.
To them is not about a party but ideas.And I would not under estimate their impact next election. You are going to hear a lot of tune changes among those running for next election on both sides of the isle.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Aug 6, 2011 23:06:13 GMT -5 ungenteel said:

<<The TEA Party was right. The TEA Party knows that not only were there no budget cuts-- NONE-- but that spending will continue to go up every year just as it has every year. The TEA Party knows this isn't a political game. The TEA Party wants a win for American. The TEA Party knew the debt downgrade was coming unless REAL steps were taken-- both parties instead took symbolic / fake steps so they could claim victory. TEA Partiers were the ONLY ones not playing bullshit games with America's future. >>

Do you have an effing clue what would happen immediately to our economy if government expenditures were drastically reduced on the button?

I do. That's why I want to stop the government from spending to that point. You don't seem to have an effing clue that it's the status quo that's going to cause the immediate drastic cuts you claim to fear.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Aug 7, 2011 9:55:57 GMT -5 @lonewolf said:

Aug 7, 2011 5:23:17 GMT -5 Bluerobin said:

The tea party is a bunch of short sighted idiots who don't have the balls to form their own party, but have made an obstruction faction within the pub party. May they speed their own demise.

I think the Tea Party is smart enough to know that by forming their own party that they would be handing Obama and the Democrats the game. However, they may soon have no choice but to try.

Start at the village halls and state assemblies. Let's not rush it. And let's be very aware we don't get fooled by phony Democrat "tea party" candidates like the Democrats have been pulling across the country...

www.independencehallteapartypac.com/

Independence Hall Tea Party Unanimously Endorses Jane Corwin in NY-26 Special Election; Calls Fake Tea Party Candidates Part of National Democrat Strategy to Mislead Voters

Philadelphia, PA (May 17, 2011) -- The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC Board of Delegates announced, today, that it has voted unanimously to endorse Jane Corwin for Congress in the New York 26th District Special Election to be held next Tuesday, May 24.

This marks only the second time that the Independence Hall Tea Party PAC has endorsed a candidate in a Congressional special election outside its region.

"Our endorsement is a testament to the overwhelmingly positive positions Assemblywoman Corwin has advanced in this campaign, including her commitment to bringing fiscal sanity back to Washington," said PAC President, Don Adams.

"Assemblywoman Corwin understands that we must bring government spending and taxation under control in order to stimulate the economy and encourage job creation," Mr. Adams said.

"She also knows that the nation's private sector economy must be part of an overall solution to help build a strong economy and lasting prosperity--and that America, once and for all--must become energy independent."

"Her two Democratic opponents--one, a cheerleader for ObamaCare and other big government bailout programs; the other, a fake Tea Party candidate--appear to be teaming up to defeat the principles of responsible government that Ms. Corwin represents.

"Obviously, we are also sending a message to Jack Davis, a three-time Democrat candidate for Congress, that we are onto his phony Tea Party candidacy," said Mr. Adams. "We recognize this deceptive Democrat strategy all too well--try to fool the voters into splitting their vote between a conservative Republican and a fraudulent Tea Party candidate so that the "official" Democrat candidate wins.