Pew: New Congress Increasingly Unpopular

March 22, 2011

New Congress Increasingly Unpopular

A Pew Research poll finds disapproval of the new Congress increasing among the American public. Key findings:

• About half of Americans think the debate over spending and deficits has been "generally rude and disrespectful," including 48% of Republicans and Democrats as well as 57% of independents.
• The percentage of Americans who feel that the Republicans are better at handing the deficit dropped from 35% after the election to 21% currently.
• The percentage of Americans who feel President Barack Obama is better at handing the deficit has also dropped from 24% to 20%.
• About 75% of Tea Party supporters back the GOP budget plans after the election, that figure has dropped to 52%.

via politicalwire.com

If any of these numbers surprise you, you're probably not living in the real world.