
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A new poll suggests approval ratings for Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress have fallen to new lows.
The USA Today/Gallup Poll of 1,011 U.S. adults, conducted via telephone Dec. 14-16, found only 30 percent of respondents voiced approval for the job being performed by congressional Democrats, and only 26 percent approved of Republicans in Congress, USA Today reported Tuesday.
Sixty-four percent of those polled disapprove of the Democrats' job performance, and 68 percent said the same of the Republicans.
"The American people just decided that Washington is either incompetent or irrelevant," said Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster. "Republicans made promises they didn't keep, and Democrats made promises they couldn't keep. And now it's a pox on all their houses."
Meanwhile, the poll suggested President George Bush's disapproval rating currently stands at 65 percent, the highest disapproval rating since July.
"Just as the news from Iraq got slightly better, people were focused on the economy," Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said.
The margin or error for the poll was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
HOUSTON, May 29 (UPI) --
An employer says a 17-year-old girl Texas girl who spent a night in jail for truancy does nothing but work and go to school.
|
LONDON, May 28 (UPI) --
Emily Watson and Dominic West took home top acting awards at the British Academy Television Awards for their roles in ITV's drama "Appropriate Adult."
|
To avoid a meltdown in 2006, Ford Motor Co. mortgaged the farm putting up its assets – including its Blue Oval logo, and F-150 pickup and iconic Mustang trademarks – to secure $23.5 billion in credit.
|
RANKIN, Pa., May 28 (UPI) --
Police in Pennsylvania said an officer was charged with trespassing and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking into a neighbor's home to do laundry.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption