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Originally Posted by Riot
Post the numbers for Congress, Joey  |
Oh, they are of course terrible too. And have been. At one point a couple of years ago, Congress' approval was 9%.
But they don't all get elected at the same time (2/3 of the Senate is safe) and a national poll on the Congress as a whole doesn't make a good predictor for any particular congressman or senator in their district or state, respectively.
So, bottom line, the approval/disapproval poll is a better predictor for the president (in any year) than the Congress. His office is national, just like the poll, and there's only one of him.