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Job Approval Rating
Congressional Leaders

Job Approval Rating

Congress Job Approval Rating

Poll	Date	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute / MPR³	January 18-27, 2008	33%	63%	4%	917	± 3.2
SurveyUSA²	October 24-28, 2007	18%	65%	17%	676 RV	± 3.7
MPR¹	May 7-9, 2007	29%	55%	16%	625 RV	± 4.0
Pioneer Press / MPR¹	September 18-20, 2006	17%	67%	16%	625 LV	± 4.0

1 "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?"

2 "Do you approve or disapprove of the job the United States Congress is doing?"

3 "Do you approve or disapprove of the way the U.S. Congress is handling its job?"

House Judiciary Committee Job Approval Rating (Impeachment)

Poll	Date	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Pioneer Press / MPR¹	December 2-4, 1998	11%	15%	12%	46%	16%	807 RV	± 3.5

1 "Based on what you know, how would you rate the performance of the House Judiciary Committee in its handling of the impeachment process: excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?"

Congressional Leaders

Nancy Pelosi Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No impression	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	October 24-28, 2007	25%	36%	24%	16%	0%	652 RV	± 3.9

1 "Democrat Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Is your impression of Nancy Pelosi favorable, unfavorable, neutral, or do you have no impression?"

Harry Reid Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No impression	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	October 24-28, 2007	18%	30%	26%	25%	1%	639 RV	± 4.0

1 "Democrat Harry Reid is Majority Leader of the United States Senate. Is your impression of Harry Reid favorable, unfavorable, neutral, or do you have no impression?"

Mitch McConnell Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No impression	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	October 24-28, 2007	15%	25%	27%	30%	3%	615 RV	± 4.0

1 "Republican Mitch McConnell is Minority Leader of the United States Senate. Is your impression of McConnell favorable, unfavorable, neutral, or do you have no impression?"

John Boehner Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No impression	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	October 24-28, 2007	16%	25%	25%	33%	1%	599 RV	± 4.1

1 "Republican John Boehner is Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. Is your impression of Boehner favorable, unfavorable, neutral, or do you have no impression?"