Voter approval of Congress was marked at 28 percent, up to its highest level in 15 years, according to Wednesday Rasmussen Reports polling.
Twenty-eight percent of likely voters said congressional performance was good or excellent, while 39 percent said Congress is doing a poor job, down from 45 percent in December and a record low since March 2007 when Rasmussen asked the question, “How do you rate the way that Congress is doing its job?”Similarly, Democrats are significantly more likely than Republicans or unaffiliated voters to rate Congress as doing a good or excellent job.
Younger voters have a much more favorable view of Congress than do their elders. Fifty-five percent of voters under 40 rate Congress as doing a good or excellent job, compared to 17% of those ages 40 to 64, and just 14% of voters 65 and older. Likewise, while 57% of voters under 40 say their representative in Congress is the best possible person for the job, that view is shared by only 31% of those ages 40 to 64 and 35% of voters 65 and older.
Voters’ opinion of Congress has not just improved; voters also have a greater opinion of their own congressperson. Forty percent of respondents said their congressional member has done the best possible job, up from 30 percent in April 2022. Forty percent represents the highest percentage in the history of the surveyed question.Follow Wendell Husebø on
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