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Congress Polls Conducted in 2009

1/5/2010, by Proloy Bhatta

HIGHLIGHTS

Democrats: Approve 40%, Disapprove 52%.
Republicans: Approve 29%, Disapprove 61%
Democratic approval has dropped from mid-40s to mid-30s.

According to Rasmussen Reports in a poll conducted December 30, 2009, 58% believe Congress is doing a poor job -- only 12% feel congress is doing an excellent or good job.

As per the poll of polls, Democrats have faired better than the Republicans in 2009 -- 40% versus 29%...

DEMOCRATS
Pollster	Date	Approve	Disapprove
AVERAGE		40.0%	52.0%
Quinnipiac	12/15-20/09	32	59
Pew Research	12/9-13/09	36	47
CNN	10/16-18/09	38	59
USA Today	9/11-13/09	36	61
ABC Washington Post	7/15-18/09	47	48
Diageo Hotline	7/9-13/09	41	50
Fox	4/22-23/09	50	40

REPUBLICANS
Pollster	Date	Approve	Disapprove
AVERAGE		29.0%	60.8%
Quinnipiac	12/15-20/09	29	62
Pew Research	12/9-13/09	29	51
CNN ORC	10/16-18/09	33	66
CBS NYT	9/19-23/09	30	57
USA Today Gallup	9/11-13/09	27	70
ABC Washington Post	7/15-18/09	36	58
Diageo Hotline	7/9-13/09	29	59
Daily Kos	5/25-28/09	12	72
FOX	4/22-23/09	36	52

... but the Republican average includes an outlier from the very Democratic blog DailyKos. Also, Republicans have narrowed the gap between themselves and the Democrats in recent months -- by pulling a dead heat in the generic 2010 ballot.

Pollster	Date	Democrat	Republican
AVERAGE		40.3%	40.1%
Research 2000	12/27-31/09	38	35
Rasmussen Reports	12/20/09	36	44
NBC News	12/11-14/09	43	41
Tarrance Battleground	12/6-10/09	41	42
Gallup	12/11-13/09	48	45
CNN	12/2-3/09	40	39
Bloomberg	12/3-7/09	36	35

2010 is going to be a very engaging year for politics.

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