AP Poll: Public Gives Congress Low Marks

Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:22 PM EDT

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Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer

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Bush, Congress Duel for Least Favorable

PLUMMET: While President Bush's approval ratings have remained low but relatively unchanged for months, Congress' support declined markedly to 25 percent between May and July.

REASONING: Among those disapproving of Congress, 22 percent said lawmakers generally aren't doing their jobs; 20 percent cited a specific issue.

TOP COMPLAINT: The war in Iraq was mentioned most often.

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Snowflake-Seven

I think this commentary, The Political Fringe, on recent polls regarding approval ratings is worth noting.

While these polls do say something about public opinion, they say more about the failure of the MSM to accurately pursue the journalism that would reflect public opinion and inform the public discourse.

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#1 - Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:32 PM EDT

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badkungfu

Interesting poll numbers. Thanks for the link.

Here's the punchline:

These specific issue findings also highlight one of the most misused and exploited facts waved around by our pundits -- namely, that the approval ratings for Congress are as low as, if not lower than, the ratings for the President. That fact is used to imply that Bush's unprecedented unpopularity is merely a symptom of unfocused discontent with politics generally and/or that the Democratic Congress is unpopular because it is perceived as being too extreme, overzealous and radical in its opposition to the President.

In fact, the Democratic Congress is stuck at this depth of unpopularity for one principal reason: namely, because (as the polling data above demonstrates) it has done too little to oppose the Bush administration...

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#1.1 - Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:22 PM EDT

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