{"id":1414771,"date":"2022-04-01T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414771"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:59:39","slug":"gallup-congress-approval-rating-sinks-to-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gallup-congress-approval-rating-sinks-to-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallup: Congress\u2019 Approval Rating Sinks to 21%"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgallup-congress-approval-rating-sinks-to-21%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>More than three-fourths of Americans say they disapprove of the job that Congress is doing, while only 21 percent approve of the legislators\u2019 work, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/391355\/congressional-approval-remains-low-march.aspx?utm_source=alert&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_content=morelink&#038;utm_campaign=syndication\" target=\"_blank\">according to a new poll by Gallup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congress saw a brief spike in approval ratings of 31 percent in 2020, following the passing of emergency relief bills for the COVID-19 pandemic but those ratings have rescinded back to levels from last fall, according to the polling agency.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic respondents\u2019 approval of Congress has seen a notable decline. <\/p>\n<p>Between December 2020 and February 2021, Congress saw up to 61 percent approval rating from Democrats after they took control of the White House, Senate and House, but in the poll out Friday, the approval rating of Congress among Democrats was just 35 percent after having previously sunk to a low of 26 percent. <\/p>\n<p>Gallup notes that Democratic respondents are likely frustrated by legislative delays in social, infrastructure and voting rights bills despite the party holding majorities in both chambers of Congress, notes Gallup. <\/p>\n<p>Congressional approval is even lower among independent voters and Republicans, as independents give Congress an 18 percent approval rating and Republicans only an 8 percent approval, reports Gallup.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"thehill-promo-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/house\/3256271-congressional-black-associates-asks-members-of-congress-to-raise-wages-for-all-staffers\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tCongressional Black Associates asks members of Congress to raise wages for all staffers\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/3256198-california-da-faces-3-more-lawsuits-amid-mounting-controversy\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tCalifornia DA faces 3 more lawsuits amid mounting controversy\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The Gallup poll was conducted from March 1 to March 18, shortly before the Senate Judiciary Committee began its confirmation hearings for President Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee,\u00a0Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Gallup polls were conducted over the phone with a sample of 1,017 adults ages 18 and up, across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Gallup\u2019s margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence interval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\tThe Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. 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