Congress Approval (October 2011)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 51% |
Don't know | 2% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 1% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 18% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 24% | 11% | 31% |
Disapprove strongly | 54% | 66% | 46% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 1% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 8% | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 9% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 39% | 29% |
Disapprove strongly | 55% | 43% | 41% |
Don't know | 0% | 2% | 1% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 0% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 12% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 4% | 16% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 31% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 69% | 39% | 55% |
Don't know | 7% | 2% | 2% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 6% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 4% | 17% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 24% | 28% |
Disapprove strongly | 64% | 46% | 48% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% | 1% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 4% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 11% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 7% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 30% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 47% | 51% |
Don't know | 2% | 0% | 2% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 1% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 8% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 3% | 7% | 0% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 23% | 18% |
Disapprove strongly | 67% | 61% | 64% |
Don't know | 0% | 1% | 7% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 3% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 11% | 5% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 8% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 29% | 14% |
Disapprove strongly | 59% | 47% | 76% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 8% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 4% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 16% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 21% | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 52% | 44% | 51% |
Don't know | 1% | 7% | 3% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 9% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 6% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 29% |
Disapprove strongly | 61% | 43% |
Don't know | 1% | 3% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 12% | 8% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 9% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 27% | 28% |
Disapprove strongly | 51% | 52% | 51% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 3% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 0% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 26% | 23% | 26% | 28% | 31% | 21% |
Disapprove strongly | 45% | 50% | 54% | 49% | 50% | 60% |
Don't know | 14% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% |