It’s no secret that Americans don’t have a very high opinion of Congress, but just how bad is it? Well, Public Policy Polling found people Congress to be less popular than lice, those horrible NFL replacement refs and even Nickelback.
Talk about a slap in the face.
PPP paired up Congress with 26 generally disliked things and asked of which one people had a higher opinion. Congress ‘lost’ 14 of the match-ups. The survey was conducted among 830 registered voters during Jan. 3–6.
People had a higher opinion of necessary but uncomfortable medical practices, such as root canals (32 percent to 56 percent) and colonoscopies (31 percent to 58 percent). They also liked various people better, including NFL replacement refs, Nickelback, Donald Trump, D.C. political pundits, carnies, used car salesmen and Genghis Khan.
Lice, traffic jams, cockroaches, France and brussel sprouts also scored higher than Congress.
It wasn’t all bad news for Congress, however. It was more well liked than telemarketers, John Edwards, lobbyists, the Kardashians, ebola, Lindsey Lohan, Fidel Castro, playground bullies, meth labs, communism and gonorrhea. Congress’s biggest ‘win’ came against North Korea, scoring 61 percent of the votes versus the nation’s 26 percent.
But when even Nickelback is more well-liked than Congress, however, its members should probably reevaluate.
