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Congress’s Approval Hits New Low

76 percent of people say representatives should not be reelected.

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Bad news for Congress—a new Gallup poll found its approval at a new low. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed said representatives should not be reelected—the highest figure ever. Just 20 percent said members of Congress deserve reelection. This could be good news for Democrats: Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport said that if this sentiment stays through November’s election, “it’s possible that control of the House would flip back to Democrats.”

Read it at the Los Angeles Times

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