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Pew Research/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management. July 22-25, 2010. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Democratic leaders in Congress are doing?" If "depends": "Overall do you approve or disapprove of the job the Democratic leaders in Congress are doing?"

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Approve Disapprove

Unsure
% % %

7/22-25/10

 35 56 10

6/16-20/10

 35 53 12

4/8-11/10

 38 51 11

3/10-14/10

 31 57 12

1/6-10/10

 35 53 11

12/9-13/09

 36 47 17

9/30 - 10/4/09

 33 53 15

6/10-14/09

 42 45 13

3/9-12/09

 47 35 18

2/4-8/09

 48 38 14

7/31 - 8/10/08

 31 58 11

1/9-13/08

 31 53 16

11/20-26/07

 35 50 15

10/17-23/07

 31 54 15
7/25-29/07 33 54 13
5/30 - 6/3/07 34 49 17
4/18-22/07 36 43 21
2/7-11/07 41 36 23
1/10-15/07 39 34 27
9/21 - 10/4/06 35 53 12

6/14-19/06

 32 50 18
3/8-12/06 34 46 20
1/4-8/06 34 48 18
11/3-6/05 36 44 20
10/6-10/05 32 48 20
9/8-11/05 36 45 19
5/11-15/05 39 41 20
3/17-21/05 37 44 19
2/04 38 42 20
6/02 47 36 17
5/02 42 37 21
2/02 49 30 21
9/01 49 30 21
6/01 50 28 22

 

Quinnipiac University Poll. July 13-19, 2010. N=2,181 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 2.1.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?"

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Approve Disapprove Unsure    
% % %    

7/13-19/10

 31 59 10    

5/19-24/10

 34 57 9    

2/2-8/10

 28 63 9    

1/5-11/10

 32 59 9    

12/15-20/09

 32 59 9    

12/1-6/09

 33 56 11    

11/9-16/09

 36 55 9    

9/29 - 10/5/09

 33 56 11    

7/27 - 8/3/09

 35 55 10    

6/23-29/09

 38 50 12    

5/26 - 6/1/09

 43 45 11    

4/21-27/09

 43 46 11    

3/24-30/09

 40 49 11    

2/25 - 3/2/09

 45 45 10    

 

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. June 23-24, 2010. N=964 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.8.

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"We'd like your opinion of the job performance of some political officeholders. ... Next, what about Democrats in Congress? Do you approve or disapprove of the way they are handling their job?"

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Approve Disapprove Unsure    
% % %    

6/23-24/10

 35 53 12    

 

AP-GfK Poll conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media. June 9-14, 2010. N=1,044 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.3.

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"Overall, please tell me whether you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs." If neither: "If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approving or disapproving of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs?"

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Approve Disapprove Neither Unsure  
% % % %  

6/9-14/10

 38 60 1 1  

5/7-11/10

 37 61 1 1  

4/7-12/10

 41 58 1 -  

3/3-8/10

 36 61 2 2  

1/12-17/10

 40 57 2 1  

 

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. May 4-5, 2010. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. LV = likely voters. Except where noted, results below are among registered voters.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Democrats in Congress are doing?"

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Approve Disapprove

Unsure
% % %

5/4-5/10

 37 54 9

10/27-28/09

 36 53 11

4/22-23/09

 50 40 10

2/17-18/09

 46 45 9

6/26-27/07

 36 49 15

10/24-25/06 LV

 37 46 17

9/26-27/06 LV

 39 48 13
5/2-3/06 36 49 15
4/4-5/06 29 51 20
2/28 - 3/1/06 36 48 16
1/10-11/06 39 41 20

11/8-9/05

 33 47 20

 

USA Today/Gallup Poll. March 26-28, 2010. N=1,033 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?"

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Approve Disapprove

Unsure
% % %
3/26-28/10 37 59 4
9/11-13/09 36 61 3
3/27-29/09 42 51 6
2/20-22/09 47 46 7
12/12-14/08 37 55 7

12/14-16/07

 30 64 5

8/3-5/07

 37 55 7

2/9-11/07

 41 50 9

6/23-25/06

 38 55 8

10/21-23/05

 41 53 6
4/29 - 5/1/05 40 52 8
11/14-16/03 47 50 3
10/03 45 48 7
4/02 57 32 11
8/01 52 38 10
6/01 54 37 9
8/00 56 34 10
7/00 51 36 13
4/00 46 42 12
11/99 49 42 9
10/99 48 44 8
8/99 48 41 11
6/99 46 46 8

 

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. March 25-28, 2010. N=1,009 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democratic leaders in Congress are handling their job?"

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Approve Disapprove Unsure    
% % %    

3/25-28/10

 42 57 1    

3/19-21/10

 33 65 2    

10/16-18/09

 38 59 2    

4/23-26/09

 43 53 5    

2/7-8/09

 60 39 2    

11/6-9/08

 47 50 3    

10/3-5/08

 34 64 1    

9/19-21/08

 44 54 2    

7/27-29/08

 36 63 1    

 

CBS News Poll. Jan. 14-17, 2010. N=1,090 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"In general, is your opinion of the Democrats in Congress favorable or not favorable?"

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Favorable Not
Favorable		 Unsure    
% % %    

1/14-17/10

 44 48 8    

9/19-23/09

 47 41 12    

7/24-28/09

 47 42 11    

3/12-16/09

 50 40 10    

2/2-4/09

 48 43 9    

2/8-11/07

 54 35 11    

10/30 - 11/1/05

 41 45 14    

10/3-5/05

 43 46 11    

5/20-23/05

 44 43 13    

 

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. July 15-18, 2009. N=1,001 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are doing their job?"

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Approve Disapprove

Unsure
% % %

7/15-18/09

 47 48 5

4/21-24/09

 45 49 6

2/19-22/09

 50 44 6

7/10-13/08

 35 57 8

1/30 - 2/1/08

 39 54 7

12/6-9/07

 40 53 6

10/29 - 11/1/07

 36 58 6

9/27-30/07

 38 57 5

7/18-21/07

 46 51 2

5/29 - 6/1/07

 44 49 6

4/12-15/07

 54 44 2

10/5-8/06

 48 50 3

5/11-15/06

 39 58 4
10/30 - 11/2/05 41 54 5

6/2-5/05

 42 56 3

6/99

 51 42 7

3/99

 51 42 7

7/97

 45 49 6

 

Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by FD. July 9-13, 2009. N=800 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Democrats in Congress are doing?"

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Approve Disapprove Unsure    
% % %    

7/9-13/09

 41 50 9    

6/4-7/09

 49 42 9    

4/23-26/09

 44 45 11    

3/26-29/09

 48 43 10    

2/28 - 3/3/09

 49 45 6    

1/21-24/09

 49 38 14    

 

The Harris Poll. Sept. 17-21, 2008. N=1,015 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"How would you rate the job Democrats in Congress are doing: excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?"

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Excellent/
Pretty Good

Only Fair/
Poor

%

%

9/17-21/08

 21 75

8/6-10/08

 22 74

6/4-8/08

 21 73

4/2-6/08

 23 70

2/6-10/08

 26 70

11/30 - 12/3/07

 23 73

10/5-8/07

 29 67

9/7-10/07

 24 70

7/6-9/07

 31 64

4/20-23/07

 35 58

2/2-5/07

 41 52

11/17-21/06

 36 57
9/8-11/06 29 67
6/2-5/06 26 70
5/5-8/06 23 72
3/3-7/06 24 70
11/8-13/05 25 70
8/9-16/05 31 65
6/7-12/05 33 61
4/5-10/05 34 64
9/9-13/04 34 60
8/10-15/04 35 58

6/8-15/04

 31 59

4/8-15/04

 32 57

2/9-16/04

 33 58

12/14-16/03

 28 61

12/10-13/03

 30 58
10/14-19/03 34 56
8/12-17/03 30 60
6/10-15/03 41 51
4/10-15/03 39 52
2/12-16/03 38 54
12/12-16/02 36 55
11/14-18/02 40 52
10/15-21/02 40 52
9/19-23/02 42 49
8/15-19/02 38 54
7/18-22/02 41 49
6/14-17/02 45 46
5/15-21/02 45 45
4/9-15/02 47 42
3/13-19/02 48 43
2/13-19/02 49 41
1/16-21/02 52 40
12/14-19/01 54 36
11/14-20/01 58 30
10/17-22/01 68 24
8/15-22/01 42 48
7/20-25/01 41 50
6/13-18/01 45 46
4/26 - 5/5/01 40 51
2/22 - 3/3/01 44 47
9/8-17/00 48 44
8/10-14/00 43 47
7/13-17/00 39 51
6/8-12/00 38 52
5/4-8/00 43 51
4/7-10/00 42 51
2/17-21/00 47 46
1/00 43 50
12/2-9/99 44 50
10/22-25/99 42 50
9/17-21/99 45 50
8/12-18/99 43 49
6/10-15/99 44 50
5/14-19/99 44 50
4/8-13/99 46 48
2/11-15/99 48 47
1/7-12/99 50 47
11/11-15/98 48 48
9/9-13/98 49 47
8/12-17/98 47 49
6/17-22/98 41 53
4/22-27/98 47 48
2/18-23/98 47 50
1/14-18/98 44 53
11/97 40 55
10/97 39 56
9/97 37 59
8/97 37 58
7/97 40 57
6/97 36 60
5/97 38 55
4/97 39 58
2/97 43 54

 

Research 2000 for news media clients. July 25-27, 2008. N=1,100 likely voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Democrats in Congress are doing?"

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Approve Disapprove Unsure    
% % %    

7/25-27/08

 29 64 7    

 

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Oct. 13-15, 2006. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.5.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?"

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Approve Disapprove Unsure    
% % %    

10/13-15/06

 42 54 4    

8/30 - 9/2/06

 35 57 8    

 

Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Sept. 16-19, 2006. N=1,517 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"What is your impression of the Democrats in Congress? As of today, is it very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about them to say?"

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Favorable Unfavorable

Haven't
Heard

Unsure
% % % %
9/16-19/06 40 41 16 4
6/24-27/06 34 36 24 6
4/8-11/06 41 38 17 4

 
CNN/Time Poll conducted by Harris Interactive. Nov. 13-14, 2002. N=1,006 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.

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"Next, I'm going to read you the names of some people in the news today. Please tell me whether you have generally favorable or generally unfavorable impressions of each, or whether you are not familiar enough to say one way or another. Democrats in Congress."

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Favorable

Unfavorable

Not
Familiar

Unsure

%

%

%

%
11/13-14/02 43 31 22 4
3/13-14/02 47 28 20 5
11/7-8/01 59 15 21 5
7/17-18/01 48 27 20 5
3/21-22/01 48 22 23 7
5/26-27/99 50 31 13 6
1/7/99 55 26 12 7
12/17-18/98 53 27 13 7
9/23-24/98 52 27 17 4
9/16-17/98 59 23 10 8
1/14-15/98 50 25 17 8

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* Prior to 1999, question wording was: ". . . some political leaders in the news . . . ."

 

Bloomberg News Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. June 11-16, 2002. N=1,201 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Democratic leaders in Congress are doing?"

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Approve

Disapprove

Unsure

%

%

%
6/02 43 37 19
4-5/02 46 35 19
1/02 52 32 16

 

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