Congressional Approval
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talkpoliticsSorry foreigners, this is about America. Feel free to kibitz!
Hello, to all of youoverweight, lazy, uniformed fellow Americans!
We all know that Congress has an abysmal approval rating. I hear it's around 8%. Others say it might be as high as 12%. Either way, we all know that it's terrible. And the standard retort is:
"my congressman is great, the rest of them are idiots!"
But that got me thinking, do YOU actually like your congressman? This won't of course mean anything, statistically, but I'm curious. And just to keep it simple I'm going to stick to the house of representatives--the one that is supposed to represent the people's interest (as opposed to the senate, which was intended to represent the states interests)
I grew up in Anthony Weiner's district. I wasn't politically aware at that age, but I certainly would have approved of him, had I been paying attention.
Now of course, his seat is taken by a Mr. Bob Turner. Who I could not disagree with more. I mean, c'mon, his big claim to fame before being a congressman was working on the Jerry Springer show! Awful!
My current congressman is on his way out and the man who will replace him (he got the Dem nod and lives in a district that I bet repubs don't even bother contending) so I'm not too sure how I'll like the new guy, but the I do disapprove of my current Representative, even though he is a democrat. He's a long-time incumbent and is nothing more than a machine politician.
So that's my take on my reps.
What about you?
Hello, to all of you
We all know that Congress has an abysmal approval rating. I hear it's around 8%. Others say it might be as high as 12%. Either way, we all know that it's terrible. And the standard retort is:
"my congressman is great, the rest of them are idiots!"
But that got me thinking, do YOU actually like your congressman? This won't of course mean anything, statistically, but I'm curious. And just to keep it simple I'm going to stick to the house of representatives--the one that is supposed to represent the people's interest (as opposed to the senate, which was intended to represent the states interests)
I grew up in Anthony Weiner's district. I wasn't politically aware at that age, but I certainly would have approved of him, had I been paying attention.
Now of course, his seat is taken by a Mr. Bob Turner. Who I could not disagree with more. I mean, c'mon, his big claim to fame before being a congressman was working on the Jerry Springer show! Awful!
My current congressman is on his way out and the man who will replace him (he got the Dem nod and lives in a district that I bet repubs don't even bother contending) so I'm not too sure how I'll like the new guy, but the I do disapprove of my current Representative, even though he is a democrat. He's a long-time incumbent and is nothing more than a machine politician.
So that's my take on my reps.
What about you?
