Congress Approval (October 2012)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 10% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 43% |
Don't know | 3% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 0% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 11% | 6% | 10% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 31% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 12% | 32% |
Disapprove strongly | 49% | 48% | 38% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 0% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 11% | 8% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 34% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 32% | 30% | 33% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 29% | 36% |
Don't know | 0% | 0% | 1% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 0% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 8% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 4% | 8% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 36% | 14% |
Disapprove strongly | 57% | 42% | 47% |
Don't know | 5% | 6% | 1% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 2% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 11% | 12% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% | 22% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 24% | 31% |
Disapprove strongly | 69% | 37% | 37% |
Don't know | 4% | 5% | 0% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 1% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 14% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 17% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 37% | 30% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 32% | 39% | 42% |
Don't know | 0% | 0% | 0% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve somewhat | 3% | 4% | 0% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 4% | 5% | 26% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 9% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 68% | 76% | 52% |
Don't know | 2% | 7% | 2% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 9% | 12% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 16% | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 36% | 28% |
Disapprove strongly | 55% | 38% | 44% |
Don't know | 1% | 0% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 1% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 21% | 10% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 22% | 25% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 12% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 46% | 42% | 32% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 0% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 23% |
Disapprove somewhat | 26% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 51% | 36% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 0% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 13% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 17% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 27% | 25% | 27% |
Disapprove strongly | 41% | 43% | 45% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 2% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 20% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 0% | 16% | 8% | 13% | 4% | 5% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 22% | 17% | 26% | 13% | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 21% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 43% | 38% | 43% | 31% | 50% | 62% |
Don't know | 7% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 0% |