An overwhelming majority expressed dissatisfaction with the job Congress is doing.
Only 21% of likely voters believe Congress is doing a good or excellent job, compared to 54% who say it’s doing a poor job, according to a new Rasmussen poll.
While voters are a little friendlier toward their own representatives, with 31% saying they believe their local lawmaker is the best person for the job, more voters, 43%, disagree with that sentiment. Another 26% are unsure.
Congress has historically suffered from poor approval ratings, only reaching a high of 25% approval once since 2007. Most voters, at 59%, don’t believe lawmakers care what their constituents think, while only 16% believe lawmakers care.
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Democrats have the highest opinion of Congress, with 38% saying Congress is doing a good or excellent job, compared to 9% of Republicans and 15% of independents. Only 34% of Democrats believe Congress is doing a poor job, while 70% of Republicans and 60% of independents give Congress the poor grade.
Supporters of President Joe Biden are also more likely to approve of the way Congress is handling its duties, with 37% of those who strongly approve of the president also indicating they believe Congress is doing a good or excellent job. On the flip side, only 2% of those who disapprove of the job Biden is doing give Congress high marks.
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Broken down by demographics, men were more likely to give their own representative high marks than women, while black voters were more likely to approve of the job Congress is doing than white voters. Older voters were more likely to disapprove of the job Congress is doing than younger voters, with 66% of voters over 65 years old saying Congress is doing a poor job.
The poll surveyed 1,000 likely U.S. voters between April 5 and 6, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 points.
