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Washington Post: Congressional Democrats get higher approval ratings than congressional Republicans, and the gap has widened since last fall. In October, 30 percent said they approved of congressional Democrats compared with 25 percent who approved of congressional Republicans. In the new survey, approval of congressional Democrats has risen to 38 percent while congressional Republicans are up a slight 2 points, to 27 percent.Public approval of Congress remains low, though not as low as it was in the year after the partial shutdown of the government in October 2013. Today, 22 percent of Americans say they approve of the way Congress is doing its job a 7 point increase since last September. with the shift driven by a rise in support among independents and Republicans.
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More Approve of Congressional Democrats Than GOP (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2015
OP
IIRC, Democrats got close to a million and a half more votes than Republicans...
MANative
Apr 2015
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Avalux
(35,015 posts)1. These numbers mean nothing with all the redistricting.
The GOP has rigged the game so that even if a majority of Americans prefer Dems in Congress, it's a moot point.
MANative
(4,112 posts)2. IIRC, Democrats got close to a million and a half more votes than Republicans...
in the last Congressional elections. You're absolutely right. It's all about the redistricting.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)3. Republicans got 51% of the vote in the House races in 2014.
Democrats got 45%. Republicans got 40,024,866 votes and Democrats got 35,626,309.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014
MANative
(4,112 posts)4. Hmmm. Maybe I was thinking about the previous cycle in 2012.
Not that it made any difference in the number of seats.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)5. Yes you were.
Democrats got about a 1 1/2 million more votes in 2012 but lost the House in 2012.