Seventy-six percent of Americans disapprove of the Democrat-controlled Congress, a Friday Gallup poll revealed.
Just 21 percent approve of the way Democrats are running Congress.
Congress’s approval has tanked in the last year. In April of 2021, Congress held a 31 percent approval rating amid President Biden’s costly spending package meant to combat coronavirus. That package is widely believed to have fueled inflation instead. Yet the Democrat-led Congress is not struggling to overcome its self-inflicted challenges.
Congress’s declining support is a result of Democrats bucking their own party. According to Gallup:
- Between December 2020 and February 2021, Democrats’ approval of Congress surged 50 percentage points to 61%. This spanned the Democratic Party securing majority control in both the House and Senate for the first time in over a decade, as well as Biden being sworn in as president.
- Likely reflecting some legislative delays in passing Democratic initiatives on infrastructure, social spending and voting rights bills, Democrats’ approval sank to 38% by June 2021 and to 26% at the start of 2022.
- Congressional approval among Democrats has since partially rebounded to 35%.
The Democrats’ 35 percent approval of Congress is higher than how independents view the legislative chambers. Among independents, only 18 percent approve of Congress. Only eight percent of Republicans approve.
As a result of the low approval rating, Democrats are struggling to maintain control of the chambers heading into the midterm elections. The midterm outlook is so grim for Democrats that 55 powerful House Democrats are reportedly stiffing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The members are failing to pay the dues they owe, likely because of the chances Republicans will retake the chamber.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has reportedly attempted to collect the dues from her members, but Pelosi is struggling with her own problems. Her approval rating makes her the most unpopular Democrat politician, according to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
While the Democrats struggle to collect dues to fight Republicans, many Republicans believe the midterms will yield fantastic results. Top Republicans are already speaking up about potentially impeaching Biden if they successfully retake both congressional chambers.
“I think that’s definitely a discussion we have to have,” Rep. Jim Jordan speculated last week.
Other than impeaching Biden, if Republicans assume congressional power after the midterms, they will also likely conduct probes into Hunter Biden’s laptop, Joe Biden’s relationship with corruption in China and Ukraine, and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in funding the Wuhan lab in China.
The poll surveyed 1,017 adults from March 1-18 with a ±4 percentage point margin of error.
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