Congress Approval (October 2013)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% |
Disapprove strongly | 56% |
Don't know | 3% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 2% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 7% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 18% | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 56% | 72% | 52% |
Don't know | 5% | 1% | 1% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 1% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 4% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 9% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 28% | 27% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 57% | 55% | 48% |
Don't know | 0% | 3% | 1% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 0% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 5% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 22% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 15% | 21% | 16% |
Disapprove strongly | 68% | 42% | 58% |
Don't know | 1% | 9% | 4% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 3% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 6% | 16% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 14% | 20% | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 71% | 53% | 50% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 3% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 8% | 12% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 11% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 31% | 24% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 48% | 54% | 49% |
Don't know | 3% | 1% | 1% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 0% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 6% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 6% | 5% | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 8% | 4% |
Disapprove strongly | 64% | 81% | 72% |
Don't know | 3% | 1% | 2% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 9% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 13% | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 27% | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 62% | 48% | 57% |
Don't know | 4% | 1% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 4% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 4% | 7% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% | 20% | 21% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 64% | 41% | 42% |
Don't know | 1% | 5% | 6% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 63% | 50% |
Don't know | 1% | 5% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 6% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 12% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 19% | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 50% | 58% | 61% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 2% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 0% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 14% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 20% | 24% | 18% | 21% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 49% | 53% | 53% | 62% | 59% | 67% |
Don't know | 13% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% |