Parties in Congress

Do you approve or disapprove of the way [the Republicans in Congress/the Democrats in Congress] are handling their job?

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2020 Feb 17-28	35	62	3
2019 Oct 14-31	38	57	4
2019 Jan 21-27	38	57	4
2017 Sep 26-27	31	61	9
2014 Sep 25-30	30	65	5
2014 Apr 24-30	33	63	4
2013 Jun 20-24	34	61	5
2011 Sep 15-18	28	66	6
2011 Jul 15-17	33	61	6
2011 Mar 25-27	32	64	5
2010 Aug 27-30	33	64	3
2010 May 24-25	37	57	5
2010 Mar 26-28	37	59	4
2009 Sep 11-13	36	61	3
2009 Mar 27-29	42	51	6
2009 Feb 20-22	47	46	7
2008 Dec 12-14	37	55	7
2007 Dec 14-16	30	64	5
2007 Aug 3-5	37	55	7
2007 Feb 9-11	41	50	9
2006 Jun 23-25	38	55	8
2005 Oct 21-23	41	53	6
2005 Apr 29-May 1	40	52	8
2003 Nov 14-16	47	50	3
2003 Oct 10-12	45	48	7
2002 Apr 5-7	57	32	11
2001 Aug 3-5	52	38	10
2001 Jun 8-10	54	37	9
2000 Aug 18-19	56	34	10
2000 Jul 25-26	51	36	13
2000 Apr 28-30	46	42	12
1999 Nov 4-7	49	42	9
1999 Oct 8-10	48	44	8
1999 Aug 16-18	48	41	11
1999 Jun 25-27	46	46	8
Gallup

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2020 Feb 17-28	40	56	3
2019 Oct 14-31	34	63	3
2019 Jan 21-27	31	65	4
2017 Sep 26-27	20	73	8
2014 Sep 25-30	23	71	7
2014 Apr 24-30	23	72	5
2013 Jun 20-24	26	69	6
2011 Sep 15-18	26	68	5
2011 Jul 15-17	28	65	7
2011 Mar 25-27	31	63	5
2010 Aug 27-30	32	63	5
2010 May 24-25	31	64	5
2010 Mar 26-28	33	61	5
2009 Sep 11-13	27	70	3
2009 Mar 27-29	30	61	8
2009 Feb 20-22	36	56	8
2008 Dec 12-14	25	69	6
2007 Dec 14-16	26	68	5
2007 Aug 3-5	29	64	7
2007 Feb 9-11	33	59	8
2006 Jun 23-25	33	60	7
2005 Oct 21-23	38	58	4
2005 Apr 29-May 1	42	50	8
2003 Nov 14-16	48	49	3
2003 Oct 10-12	51	44	5
2002 Apr 5-7	59	30	11
2001 Aug 3-5	49	40	11
2001 Jun 8-10	49	43	8
2000 Aug 18-19	45	44	11
2000 Jul 25-26	46	39	15
2000 Apr 28-30	42	46	12
1999 Nov 4-7	38	53	9
1999 Oct 8-10	37	55	8
1999 Aug 16-18	36	53	11
1999 Jun 25-27	40	53	7
Gallup

Do you think the country would be better off if the Republicans controlled Congress, or if the Democrats controlled Congress?

	Republicans	Democrats	Neither/Same (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2022 Jun 1-20	45	41	12	2
2010 Jan 20	36	40	15	9
2005 Nov 11-13	34	46	14	6
2005 Oct 13-16	32	45	16	7
2005 May 20-22	36	47	11	6
2004 Oct 22-24 ^	41	45	7	7
2004 Mar 26-28	39	41	11	9
2002 Jul 29-31	38	39	14	9
2002 Jul 5-8	40	39	14	7
2002 Jan 11-14	44	43	6	7
2001 Oct 5-6	38	37	18	7
2001 Aug 3-5	34	43	16	7
2001 Apr 20-22	41	43	9	7
2001 Jan 5-7	39	41	12	8
1999 Jul 16-18	37	42	14	7
1999 Jun 25-27	41	41	13	5
1999 May 23-24	36	37	18	9
1998 Dec 15-16	30	41	18	11
1998 Sep 23-24	35	41	14	10
1997 Aug 22-25	37	40	15	8
1997 Jul 25-27	37	39	16	8
1997 Jun 26-29	34	40	16	10
1996 Oct 26-29 #	39	42	9	10
1995 Dec 15-18	41	41	10	8
1995 Mar 27-29	45	33	14	8
1994 Oct 18-19	42	39	12	7
^ Asked of a half sample; # Based on likely voters; (vol.) = volunteered response
Gallup

Now that the Democrats have won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in this November's elections, do you think the country will be better off, worse off or will it not make any difference?

	Better off	Worse off	No difference	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2018 Nov 13-18	39	24	34	3
Gallup

Do you think the Republicans in Congress or the Democrats in Congress would do a better job of dealing with each of the following issues and problems? How about -- [RANDOM ORDER]?

	Republicans	Democrats	No difference (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
The economy
2014 Sep 25-30	48	41	8	4
2014 Apr 24-30	46	44	7	3
2011 May 12-15	45	43	8	5
2011 Apr 20-23	46	41	8	5
2010 Aug 27-30	49	38	10	3
2006 Oct 6-8	36	54	7	4
2006 Mar 10-12	38	53	4	5
2005 Oct 21-23	38	50	9	3
2003 Jul 18-20	36	53	7	4
2003 Jan 3-5	43	42	10	5
2002 Jul 26-28	37	42	13	8
2002 Jun 28-30	44	40	10	6
2002 May 28-29 ^	43	34	13	10
The Affordable Care Act
2014 Sep 25-30	43	48	5	4
2014 Apr 24-30	41	51	5	3
Immigration
2014 Sep 25-30	45	44	7	4
2014 Apr 24-30	40	49	7	5
2011 May 12-15	46	40	7	7
2011 Apr 20-23	45	40	7	8
2010 Aug 27-30	50	35	10	5
2006 Oct 6-8	34	47	12	8
The federal budget deficit
2014 Sep 25-30	51	36	9	4
2014 Apr 24-30	50	38	8	5
2011 May 12-15	48	39	8	6
2011 Apr 20-23	48	36	9	6
2003 Jul 18-20	37	51	7	5
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	39	43	11	7
2002 May 28-29 ^	40	37	13	11
Foreign affairs
2014 Sep 25-30	48	39	9	4
2014 Apr 24-30	48	40	8	4
2003 Jul 18-20	46	41	7	6
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	51	34	10	5
2002 Oct 21-22	47	33	10	10
2002 Sep 18 ^	49	33	10	8
2002 May 28-29 ^	46	27	15	13
Taxes
2014 Sep 25-30	47	41	8	4
2014 Apr 24-30	46	44	6	4
2006 Jun 23-25	36	50	10	5
2005 Oct 21-23	41	49	6	4
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	46	40	10	5
2002 Sep 18 ^	38	50	6	6
2002 May 28-29 ^	44	36	11	10
The way income and wealth are distributed
2014 Sep 25-30	37	50	8	4
2014 Apr 24-30	39	49	7	5
Climate change
2014 Sep 25-30	31	54	9	6
2014 Apr 24-30 #	32	55	8	5
The situation with Islamic militants in Iraq/Syria
2014 Sep 25-30	51	35	9	5
The way the federal government is working
2014 Sep 25-30	44	40	13	3
Abortion and access to contraception
2014 Sep 25-30 ^	36	51	8	6
Equal pay for women
2014 Sep 25-30 ^	24	62	9	5
The availability of good jobs
2014 Sep 25-30	43	44	9	4
2011 May 12-15 &	43	44	8	5
2011 Apr 20-23 &	45	43	7	5
2010 Aug 27-30 &	46	41	9	4
Same-sex marriage
2014 Apr 24-30	33	52	8	7
2006 Jun 23-25	34	47	12	8
Healthcare
2011 May 12-15	42	46	6	6
2011 Apr 20-23	43	46	6	5
2010 Aug 27-30	43	44	8	4
2006 Oct 6-8	25	62	8	4
2005 Oct 21-23	30	59	7	4
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	35	50	9	6
The situation in Afghanistan
2011 May 12-15	41	41	10	9
2011 Apr 20-23	43	37	11	10
2010 Aug 27-30	45	38	12	5
Corruption in government
2010 Aug 27-30	38	35	20	6
2006 Oct 6-8	28	49	16	7
2006 Jan 20-22	31	40	19	10
2006 Jan 6-8	32	44	19	6
2005 Oct 21-23	33	44	18	5
Terrorism
2010 Aug 27-30	55	31	11	4
2006 Oct 6-8	41	46	7	6
2006 Mar 10-12	45	41	7	7
2005 Oct 21-23	49	38	9	4
2003 Jul 18-20	55	29	10	6
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	55	27	13	5
2002 Oct 21-22	52	23	14	11
2002 Sep 20-22 ^	56	27	10	7
2002 Jun 28-30	57	22	13	8
2002 May 28-29 ^	51	19	19	11
The envrionment
2010 Aug 27-30	31	54	9	5
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	27	56	10	7
2002 Sep 20-22 ^	28	60	5	7
2002 May 28-29 ^	28	49	12	11
Federal spending
2010 Aug 27-30	50	35	11	4
Gas prices
2006 Oct 6-8	28	54	11	7
2005 Oct 21-23	31	51	13	5
The situation in Iraq
2006 Oct 6-8	35	52	6	7
2006 Mar 10-12	40	48	6	6
2005 Oct 21-23	40	46	10	4
2003 Jul 18-20	51	36	7	6
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	53	29	12	6
Moral standards in the country
2006 Oct 6-8	37	44	13	6
^ Asked of a half sample; (vol.) = volunteered response; # WORDING: Global warming.
Gallup

Who do you want to have more influence over the direction the nation takes in the next year -- [ROTATED: Barack Obama (or) the Republicans in Congress]?

	Obama	Republicans in Congress	Both/Neither (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2016 Jan 6-10	42	46	8	4
2015 Jan 5-8	40	43	12	5
2014 Nov 6-9	36	53	8	3
2012 Jan 5-8	46	42	7	5
2011 Sep 15-18	46	41	10	3
2011 Jan 7-9	45	42	8	4
2010 Nov 4-7	41	49	7	2
2010 Aug 27-30	43	48	6	3
(vol.) = volunteered response.
Gallup

Do you think the country would be better off if the Republicans controlled Congress, if the Democrats controlled Congress, or would the country be the same regardless of which party controlled Congress?

	Republicans	Democrats	Same regardless	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2014 Oct 29-Nov 2	25	25	44	6
2010 Oct 28-31	32	23	40	4
2006 Nov 2-5	25	34	35	6
2006 Jun 23-25	18	32	48	3
2004 Mar 5-7	25	31	39	5
2002 Nov 8-10	28	22	47	3
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	25	27	42	6
1998 Oct 23-25	24	22	48	6
(vol.) = Volunteered response
Gallup

Do you think the Republicans in Congress are -- [ROTATED: too willing to make concessions to the Democrats in Congress, are about right (or are the Republicans in Congress) not willing enough to make concessions to the Democrats in Congress]?

	Too willing	About right	Not willing enough	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Apr 20-23	14	22	61	4
Gallup

Do you think the Democrats in Congress are -- [ROTATED: too willing to make concessions to the Republicans in Congress, are about right (or are the Democrats in Congress) not willing enough to make concessions to the Republicans in Congress]?

	Too willing	About right	Not willing enough	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Apr 20-23	17	23	55	5
Gallup

Do you think the government will work better now that the Republicans are in charge of the House of Representatives, will work worse or will be about the same?

	Better	Worse	About the same	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Jan 14-16	29	19	50	2
Gallup

Now that the Republicans have won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in this November's elections, do you think the country will be better off, worse off or will it not make any difference?

	Better off	Worse off	No difference	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2010 Nov 19-21	37	22	39	1
1994 Nov 28-29	43	18	35	4
Gallup

Thinking about Republican efforts to reverse the policies enacted by Democrats in the past two years, which concerns you more about the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives -- [ROTATED: it will go too far in trying to reverse the Democrats' policies, (or) it will not go far enough in trying to reverse the Democrats' policies]?

	Will go too far	Will not go far enough	Neither (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2010 Nov 19-21	50	43	5	2
(vol.) = Volunteered response
Gallup

Overall, how much do you think Congress has accomplished this year -- a great deal, a good amount, not too much or nothing at all?

	Great deal	Good amount	Not too much	Nothing at all	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
2007 Oct 12-14	4	19	55	21	1
Gallup

Do you think the policies being proposed by -- [ROTATED: the Republican leaders in the U.S. House and Senate/the Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate] -- would move the country in the right direction or in the wrong direction?

	Right direction	Wrong direction	No opinion
	%	%	%
Republican leaders
2007 Jan 5-7 ^	35	54	11
2006 Jan 6-8	40	50	10
2005 Feb 4-6	50	36	14
2001 Aug 24-26	49	38	13
1999 Oct 8-10	54	35	11
1998 Nov 13-15	43	40	17
1998 Oct 23-25	47	33	20
1998 Jul 7-8	43	28	29
1997 Dec 18-21	44	36	20
1997 Apr 18-20	46	39	15
1996 Apr 9-10	45	41	14
1995 Dec 15-18	44	44	12
1995 Nov 6-8	44	41	15
1995 Sep 22-24	41	44	15
1995 Mar 27-29	53	37	10
1995 Feb 24-26	52	33	15
1994 Nov 28-29	55	27	18
Democratic leaders
2007 Jan 5-7 ^	59	27	14
2006 Jan 6-8	44	43	14
2005 Feb 4-6	41	43	16
2002 Nov 8-10	47	36	17
2001 Aug 24-26	51	36	13
^ Asked of a half sample; 1994-1999 asked of Republican leaders in Congress only.
Gallup

Who do you want to have more influence over the direction the nation takes in the next year -- [ROTATED: George W. Bush (or) the Democrats in Congress]?

	Bush	Democrats in Congress	Both/Neither (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2007 Jan 5-7 ^	32	63	4	2
2006 Nov 9-12	31	61	6	2
2002 Jan 11-14 ^	59	36	2	3
2001 Jul 10-11	50	38	9	3
2001 Jun 8-10	48	41	6	5
2001 Feb 9-11	48	41	8	3
^ Asked of a half sample; (vol.) = volunteered response.
Gallup

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