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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 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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