Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU. 3/1-4. Registered voters. MoE ±3.1% (Obama trendlines 2/23-26, all others 2/16-19):
|
FAVORABLE |
UNFAVORABLE |
NET CHANGE |
PRESIDENT OBAMA |
47 (49) |
49 (47) |
-4 |
|
APPROVE |
DISAPPROVE |
NET CHANGE |
PRESIDENT OBAMA |
46 (48) |
50 (48) |
-4 |
NANCY PELOSI |
29 (31) |
56 (55) |
-3 |
JOHN BOEHNER |
23 (23) |
51 (53) |
2 |
CONGRESSIONAL DEMS |
33 (34) |
59 (55) |
-5 |
CONGRESSIONAL GOP |
26 (22) |
64 (68) |
8 |
Since we began polling at the start of 2011, every other week, we've asked respondents what they think about the job performance of congressional Republicans and Democrats. The trendlines have been interesting.
First, the Democrats:
One important note: These trendlines don't include this week's data, which shows Democrats falling back to 33-59 after three weeks of improvements. And certaintly, these are pretty lousy numbers. But in January of 2011, Democrats began at 37-52, very similar to the GOP's 36-51 score. The erosion for Republicans, however, has been notably worse:
A recovery this week puts them at 26-64 (again, not shown on the chart), but just two weeks ago, they hit an all-time low of 22-68. It seems that there is indeed a price to pay for obstructionism, and Republicans have been paying it.