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Favorability

Explore Gallup's research.

After Republicans gained control of the House and Democrats held their Senate majority, Americans' opinions of the two major parties are unchanged.

Thirty-five percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, the highest Gallup has measured since May 2009.

Congress' job approval rating has improved to 25%, the highest since early June.

Throughout the late Ross Perot's two presidential campaigns, U.S. voters had a mixed view of the business executive turned politician.

The late U.S. Sen. John McCain was one of the most popular American politicians in the past 20 years.