Looks Like Pelosi Might Be Giving Her New Plane To Boehner...
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 8:57AM This from Gallup:
Gallup's 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year. Eleven percent of Americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress, down from 17% in 2009 and a percentage point lower than the previous low for Congress, recorded in 2008.
The Gallup poll was conducted July 8-11, shortly before Congress passed a major financial regulatory reform bill, which President Obama signed into law this week.
Underscoring Congress' image problem, half of Americans now say they have "very little" or no confidence in Congress, up from 38% in 2009 -- and the highest for any institution since Gallup first asked this question in 1973. Previous near-50% readings include 48% found for the presidency in 2008, and 49% for the criminal justice system in 1994.
This year's poll also finds a 15-point drop in high confidence in the presidency, to 36% from 51% in June 2009. Over the same period, President Barack Obama's approval rating fell by 11 points, from 58% to 47%. However, confidence in the presidency remains higher than in 2008 -- the last year of George W. Bush's term -- when the figure was 26%.
Reader Comments (3)
The surprising aspect of this survey is that newspapers have a rating of 25 and TV news 22. I figured they'd be around 19 or lower. I'm expecting Obama will set record lows below "W" by the end of his term.
I agree with you Bruce, but it just goes to show how much contempt the public has for the underhanded dealing of Pelosi and Reid. I would assume the people who said they like TV News and newspapers are Democrats, so a number in the low 20's is not wholly unexpected.
The liberals make up about 20 % of the US population, so we see why the media and the
press stays around this mark...
I feel Obama's rating will be in the thrities by november and he knows this and will push for
everything on his agenda to be passed....