The More Americans Know Congress, the Worse They Rate It
by Frank Newport, Lydia Saad and Michael Traugott
The Daily Coin
October 4, 2015
Half of Americans say Congress doing a poor or bad job
Negative views rise to 66% among those highly knowledgeable about Congress
Political awareness is not related to ratings of government
PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans hold the U.S. Congress in very low esteem, with 49% rating the way Congress is handling its job as poor or bad and 15% rating it as excellent or good. But ratings of Congress are even worse among those who know the most about America’s legislative body. Among those who answer four or five questions correctly about how Congress works and who runs it, 66% rate Congress as poor or bad, and 7% rate it as excellent or good.
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