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Approval of U.S. Congress continues to linger near record low: Gallup

Xinhua, March 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Approval ratings of the U.S. Congress continued to linger near historical low, staying at 13 percent, according to the Gallup.

The low approval ratings were in line with approval ratings ranging from 11 percent to 16 percent since last August, said the Gallup survey released early this week, adding that the latest rating was just four points above the record low in November, 2013.

Gallup began measuring approval of the Congress in 1974, and Americans' approval of the country's legislative body peaked at 84 percent after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

Though congressional approval was temporarily boosted at the beginning of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration in 2009, the confidence of the U.S. public toward the Congress plummetted, said Gallup.

Congressional approval had reached 20 percent or higher only three times since 2012, said Gallup.

Meanwhile, the Gallup survey found that Americans of all political stripes gave the Congress low approval ratings, with 16 percent of Democrats, 13 percent of Republicans and 10 percent of independents approving of the Congress. Endite