U.S. Congress Job Approval (June 2016)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% |
Disapprove somewhat | 24% |
Disapprove strongly | 45% |
Don't know | 5% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 0% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 9% | 8% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 17% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 16% | 32% |
Disapprove strongly | 49% | 57% | 42% |
Don't know | 4% | 2% | 5% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 0% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 4% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 19% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 34% | 25% | 35% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 44% | 36% |
Don't know | 4% | 8% | 4% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 2% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 16% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 24% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 17% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 62% | 32% | 56% |
Don't know | 2% | 9% | 1% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 10% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 26% | 11% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 19% | 30% |
Disapprove strongly | 62% | 37% | 45% |
Don't know | 2% | 7% | 5% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 0% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 7% | 2% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 12% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 31% | 33% | 26% |
Disapprove strongly | 44% | 43% | 50% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% | 7% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 1% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 10% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 8% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 16% | 13% |
Disapprove strongly | 54% | 64% | 68% |
Don't know | 1% | 1% | 4% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 4% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 9% | 5% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 10% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 26% | 31% |
Disapprove strongly | 50% | 43% | 51% |
Don't know | 5% | 8% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 6% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 14% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 28% | 25% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 19% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 52% | 27% | 35% |
Don't know | 5% | 6% | 5% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 55% | 37% |
Don't know | 2% | 8% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 1% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 12% | 7% | 5% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 13% | 15% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 24% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 37% | 50% | 47% |
Don't know | 6% | 4% | 6% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 15% | 7% | 7% | 4% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 24% | 19% | 15% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 23% | 29% | 20% | 25% |
Disapprove strongly | 26% | 38% | 52% | 56% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 6% | 5% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 20% | 12% | 30% | 16% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 25% | 29% | 18% | 25% | 14% |
Disapprove strongly | 46% | 40% | 45% | 40% | 44% | 67% |
Don't know | 22% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 5% | 4% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 18% | 16% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 26% | 23% | 15% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 43% | 56% | 62% |
Don't know | 6% | 5% | 0% | 5% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 8% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 16% | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 27% | 18% |
Disapprove strongly | 33% | 46% | 65% |
Don't know | 7% | 3% | 3% |