{"id":3244,"date":"2010-02-25T19:17:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T00:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2010-02-25T19:17:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T00:17:24","slug":"train-wreck-only-10-of-voters-say-congress-is-doing-a-good-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/25\/train-wreck-only-10-of-voters-say-congress-is-doing-a-good-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Train Wreck: Only 10% of Voters Say Congress is doing a Good Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ouch, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have lead Congress to a new high… in lows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Voter unhappiness with Congress has reached the highest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports as 71% now say the legislature is doing a poor job.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s up ten points from the previous high of 61% reached a month ago.<\/p>\n

Only 10% of voters say Congress is doing a good or excellent job.<\/p>\n

Nearly half of Democratic voters (48%) now give Congress a poor rating, up 17 points since January. The vast majority of Republicans and voters not affiliated with either party also give Congress poor ratings.<\/p>\n

Seventy percent (70%) of voters say Congress has not passed any legislation that would significantly improve life for Americans, up 10 points over the past month and the highest level of dissatisfaction measured in regular tracking in over three years. Only 15% say Congress has passed such legislation.<\/p>\n

Forty percent (40%) of voters nationwide now say it is at least somewhat likely Congress will seriously address the most important issues facing the nation. That\u2019s down from 59% last March. Only 9% say it is Very Likely Congress will address these issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Heh, heck of a job there Harry, Nancy… Keep doing what you’re doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ouch, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have lead Congress to a new high… in lows: Voter unhappiness with Congress has reached the highest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports as 71% now say the legislature is doing a poor job. That\u2019s up ten points from the previous high of 61% reached a month ago. Only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[534,160,1372],"class_list":{"0":"post-3244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2010-elections","8":"tag-congress","9":"tag-polls","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Qk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":655,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/05\/rasmussen-59-would-vote-to-replace-entire-congress\/","url_meta":{"origin":3244,"position":0},"title":"Rasmussen: 59% Would Vote to Replace Entire Congress","author":"Jeff","date":"October 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Color me unsuprised... 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