Congress Out of Touch

Congress’s approval rating has been declining recently, and some pollsters report the lowest scores on record. One possible explanation comes from a recent Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll. Only 6 percent of those surveyed said that Congress pays a great deal of attention to what regular Americans think when it decides what to do. Thirty percent said Congress paid some attention, 39 percent said not much, and 23 percent said none at all. Although Democrats control both houses of Congress, 49 percent of those who identify as Democrats said Congress pays not much or no attention at all to what regular Americans think.

Source: Fox News/Opinion Dynamics, September 2009.