WASHINGTON — Throw the bums on the Hill out — just don’t throw out my bum.
That’s the public attitude toward Congress, according to a new Gallup poll that shows voter inclination to re-elect most members of Congress is at an all-time low.
The survey, conducted from Aug. 7-10, revealed that congressional job approval was 13%, just a few points above the all-time low. The same group of respondents was then asked whether most Capitol Hill lawmakers “deserve to be re-elected.”
Just 19% said yes.
That’s on pace to be the lowest re-election sentiment leading up to a mid-term election since Gallup started asking in 1992, said Frank Newport, Gallup’s editor-in-chief.
When participants were asked if the member of congress representing the district in which they live deserves another term, 50% said yes, and pointed to a belief that the lawmaker was doing a decent job for constituents.
