A greater percentage of Americans approve of polygamy than the United States Congress, according a set of polls.
Last month, a New York Times poll found that Congress' approval rating fell to an all-time low of 9 percent. Meanwhile, a recent Gallup poll found that 11 percent of people found polygamy "morally acceptable." Additionally, 30 percent of Americans expressed approval of pornography.
The Fix posted a telling chart created by Senator Michael Bennet that compared Congress' approval rating to a slew of unpopular people, things and ideas. "U.S. going communist" received an 11 percent approval rating, banks netted 23 percent and the BP oil spill received a shocking 16 percent.
A recent CNN poll showed that 52 percent of Americans surveyed approved of the individual mandate element of last year's health care reform, an issue that half of Congress railed against.
It's also worth noting that, during the Watergate scandal, Nixon's approval rating was at 23 percent.
Watch Senator Bennet discuss Congress' abysmal approval rating below.
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Polygamy, porn, banks, and the enemy ideology that we have fought against for generations and been taught from childhood to fear and loath is more popular then our own national government.
What else can I can say?
"it takes two sides to end a war but only one to start one. And those who do not have swords may still die upon them." Tolken
At the end of the day, they won't care because their 'constituents' believe their representative in there is doing what they want and it's the other congressmen that are messing things up.
Agree with Soontir here. Most people don't think that their elected representative is the problem. It's every other senator that's the problem.
And then, with the country so divided on politics right now you get left with two options during the general election, the guy you think isn't doing his job but you at least agree with on the issues or the guy that you think is off the wall crazy.
