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McClatchy-Marist Poll. March 20-22, 2012. N=846 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.5.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing in office?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	3/20-22/12	31	62	8
	11/8-10/11	23	70	7
	9/13-14/11	26	67	8
	8/2-4/11	27	62	11
	6/15-23/11	27	63	10
	4/10-14/11	30	63	7

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll. March 7-10, 2012. N=1,003 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 4.

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are doing their job?"
.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	3/7-10/12	23	71	6
	1/12-15/12	21	75	4
	12/15-18/11	20	72	7
	8/29 - 9/1/11	28	68	3
	4/14-17/11	34	63	3
	9/30 - 10/3/10	30	67	3
	7/15-18/09	36	58	6
	4/21-24/09	30	64	6
	2/19-22/09	38	56	6
	7/10-13/08	25	69	6
	1/30 - 2/1/08	30	63	7
	12/6-9/07	32	63	5
	10/29 - 11/1/07	32	63	6
	9/27-30/07	29	67	4
	7/18-21/07	34	64	2
	5/29 - 6/1/07	36	58	6
	4/12-15/07	39	59	2
	10/5-8/06	35	63	2
	5/11-15/06	33	64	3
	10/30 - 11/2/05	35	61	4
	6/2-5/05	42	56	2
	6/99	41	52	7
	3/99	40	56	4
	7/97	40	54	6

Quinnipiac University Poll. Feb. 14-20, 2012. N=2,605 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ą 1.9.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/14-20/12	22	71	6
	11/14-20/11	19	74	7
	10/25-31/11	20	76	4
	9/27 - 10/3/11	23	71	6
	8/16-27/11	22	71	7
	7/5-11/11	26	65	9
	5/31 - 6/6/11	30	61	9
	3/22-28/11	34	55	11
	2/21-28/11	34	54	12
	1/4-11/11	30	57	13
	11/8-15/10	27	63	10
	8/31 - 9/7/10	29	59	12
	7/13-19/10	29	59	12
	5/19-24/10	26	62	11
	2/2-8/10	28	61	11
	1/5-11/10	32	58	11
	12/15-20/09	29	62	9
	12/1-6/09	30	58	12
	11/9-16/09	31	58	11
	9/29 - 10/5/09	25	64	11
	7/27 - 8/3/09	29	59	12
	6/23-29/09	29	57	14
	5/26 - 6/1/09	30	56	15
	4/21-27/09	27	59	14
	3/24-30/09	30	59	11
	2/25 - 3/2/09	30	58	11

CNN/ORC Poll. Feb. 10-13, 2012. N=1,026 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republican leaders in Congress are handling their job?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/10-13/12	22	77	1
	11/18-20/11	21	77	2
	3/18-20/11	34	64	3
	10/5-7/10	31	66	3
	3/25-28/10	36	63	1
	3/19-21/10	32	66	2
	10/16-18/09	33	66	1
	4/23-26/09	31	65	4
	2/7-8/09	44	55	1
	11/6-9/08	24	73	3
	10/3-5/08	27	71	2

CBS News/New York Times Poll. Jan. 12-17, 2012. N=1,154 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	1/12-17/12	19	73	8
	11/6-10/11	19	71	10
	9/10-15/11	19	72	9
	9/10-14/10	20	68	12

Pew Research Center. Dec. 7-11, 2011. N=1,521 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.5. RV = registered voters.
.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republican leaders in Congress are doing?" If "depends": "Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republican leaders in Congress are doing?"
.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	12/7-11/11	21	68	11
	11/9-14/11	23	67	10
	8/17-21/11	22	69	9
	7/20-24/11	25	66	10
	3/30 - 4/3/11	30	61	9
	2/24-27/11	36	45	19
	9/30 - 10/3/10	24	60	16
	7/22-25/10	33	53	14
	6/16-20/10	31	55	14
	4/8-11/10	30	56	14
	3/10-14/10	25	59	16
	1/6-10/10	27	57	16
	12/9-13/09	29	51	20
	9/30 - 10/4/09	24	60	17
	6/10-14/09	29	56	15
	3/9-12/09	28	51	21
	2/4-8/09	34	51	15
	9/21 - 10/4/06	33	56	11
	6/14-19/06	30	53	17
	3/8-12/06	32	50	18
	1/4-8/06	33	52	15
	11/3-6/05	33	50	17
	10/6-10/05	32	52	16
	9/8-11/05	36	49	15
	5/11-15/05	35	50	15
	3/17-21/05	39	44	17
	2/04	41	42	17
	1/03	48	37	15
	6/02	50	34	16
	5/02	49	34	17
	2/02	56	24	20
	9/01	43	39	18
	6/01	40	40	20
	5/01	45	36	19
	4/01	45	30	25
	1/01	43	36	21
	7/00	36	46	18
	5/00	40	42	18
	3/00	38	43	19
	2/00	40	43	17
	1/00	39	41	20
	12/99	38	42	20
	10/99	34	50	16
	9/99	35	48	17
	7/99	36	45	19
	6/99	37	46	17
	5/99	38	44	18
	3/99	38	47	15
	2/99	37	51	12
	1/19-23, 25/99 ^	36	51	13
	1/14-17/99	38	50	12
	12/19-21/98 *	39	56	5
	12/9-13/98	38	49	13
	11/6-10/98	41	48	11
	10/28-31/98 RV	42	46	12
	10/14-18/98 RV	42	48	10
	9/21-22/98	44	44	12
	9/19-20/98	46	41	13
	8/27 - 9/8/98	44	37	19
	8/21-24/98	48	36	16
	7/29 - 8/2/98	43	37	20
	6/4-8/98	42	38	20
	4/24 - 5/11/98	40	41	19
	4/98	41	40	19
	3/25-29/98	43	39	18
	1/14-18/98	43	41	16
	11/97	41	43	16
	8/97	42	44	14
	6/97	33	50	17
	5/97	40	44	16
	4/97	40	44	16
	2/97	44	42	14
	1/97	38	47	15

	* Survey of respondents who had also been polled 12/9-13/98. ^ Tracking poll.

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Dec. 7-11, 2011. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide.
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"In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Republicans in Congress are doing?"
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		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	12/7-11/11	26	69	5
	7/14-17/11	25	67	8

Fox News Poll conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). Oct. 23-25, 2011. N=904 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ą 3. 2010 & earlier: Conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corp. LV = likely voters. Except where noted, results below are among registered voters.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Republicans in Congress are doing?"
.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/23-25/11	22	69	9
	4/3-5/11	35	58	7
.
	5/4-5/10	31	57	12
	10/27-28/09	29	59	12
	4/22-23/09	36	52	12
	2/17-18/09	34	56	10
	6/26-27/07	30	56	14
	10/24-25/06 LV	34	55	11
	9/26-27/06 LV	34	55	11
	5/2-3/06	35	53	12
	4/4-5/06	29	53	18
	2/28 - 3/1/06	34	53	13
	1/10-11/06	37	49	14
	11/8-9/05	34	50	16

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Sept. 15-18, 2011. N=1,004 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 4.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?"
.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	9/15-18/11	26	68	5
	7/15-17/11	28	65	7
	3/25-27/11	31	63	5
	8/27-30/10	32	63	5
	5/24-25/10	31	64	5
	3/26-28/10	33	61	5
	9/11-13/09	27	70	3
	3/27-29/09	30	61	8
	2/20-22/09	36	56	8
	12/12-14/08	25	69	6
	12/14-16/07	26	68	5
	8/3-5/07	29	64	7
	2/9-11/07	33	59	8
	6/23-25/06	33	60	7
	10/21-23/05	38	58	4
	4/29 - 5/1/05	42	50	8
	11/14-16/03	48	49	3
	10/03	51	44	5
	4/02	59	30	11
	8/01	49	40	11
	6/01	49	43	8
	8/00	45	44	11
	7/00	46	39	15
	4/00	42	46	12
	11/99	38	53	9
	10/99	37	55	8
	8/99	36	53	11
	6/99	40	53	7

AP-GfK Poll conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications. Aug. 18-22, 2011. N=1,000 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 4.1.
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"Overall, please tell me whether you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their jobs." If neither: "If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approving or disapproving of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their jobs?"
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		Approve	Disapprove	Neither	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	8/18-22/11	24	75	1	-
	6/16-20/11	29	68	2	1
	5/5-9/11	32	66	1	1
	3/24-28/11	31	66	2	2
	1/5-10/11	36	61	1	2
	10/13-18/10	29	69	1	1
	9/8-13/10	31	68	1	1
	8/11-16/10	30	67	1	2
	6/9-14/10	32	65	2	1
	5/7-11/10	31	65	1	2
	4/7-12/10	38	60	2	-
	3/3-8/10	30	67	2	1
	1/12-17/10	32	65	2	2

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 20-21, 2010. N=1,005 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.8.
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"We'd like your opinion of the job performance of some political officeholders. ... Next, what about Republicans in Congress? Do you approve or disapprove of the way they are handling their job?"
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		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/20-21/10	31	57	12
	6/23-24/10	35	54	11

CBS News Poll. Jan. 14-17, 2010. N=1,090 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"In general, is your opinion of the Republicans in Congress favorable or not favorable?"
					.
		Favorable	Not favorable	Unsure
		%	%	%
	1/14-17/10	34	56	10
	9/19-23/09	30	57	13
	7/24-28/09	28	61	11
	3/12-16/09	29	61	10
	2/2-4/09	32	60	8
	2/8-11/07	41	49	10
	10/30 - 11/1/05	35	53	12
	10/3-5/05	37	53	10
	5/20-23/05	41	48	11

Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by FD. July 9-13, 2009. N=800 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.5.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Republicans in Congress are doing?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	7/9-13/09	29	59	12
	6/4-7/09	38	52	10
	4/23-26/09	32	56	12
	3/26-29/09	30	57	13
	2/28 - 3/3/09	34	60	6
	1/21-24/09	26	62	12

The Harris Poll. Sept. 17-21, 2008. N=1,015 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How would you rate the job Republicans in Congress are doing: excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?"
.
		Excellent/ Pretty good	Only fair/ Poor
		%	%
	9/17-21/08	22	74
	8/6-10/08	21	73
	6/4-8/08	21	75
	4/2-6/08	20	73
	2/6-10/08	22	72
	11/30 - 12/3/07	23	73
	10/5-8/07	19	76
	9/7-10/07	22	73
	7/6-9/07	21	76
	4/20-23/07	22	74
	2/2-5/07	26	69
	11/17-21/06	24	72
	9/8-11/06	24	71
	6/2-5/06	25	72
	5/5-8/06	20	76
	3/3-7/06	27	68
	11/8-13/05	27	69
	8/9-16/05	32	64
	6/7-12/05	37	58
	4/5-10/05	36	61
	9/9-13/04	38	56
	8/10-15/04	40	54
	6/8-15/04	39	53
	4/8-15/04	35	55
	2/9-16/04	40	52
	12/14-16/03	37	51
	12/10-13/03	34	55
	10/14-19/03	40	50
	8/12-17/03	41	51
	6/10-15/03	45	47
	4/10-15/03	52	41
	2/12-16/03	43	49
	12/12-16/02	47	47
	11/14-18/02	47	45
	10/15-21/02	46	45
	9/19-23/02	47	42
	8/15-19/02	41	49
	7/18-22/02	39	52
	6/14-17/02	46	45
	5/15-21/02	48	44
	4/9-15/02	49	39
	3/13-19/02	50	41
	2/13-19/02	50	40
	1/16-21/02	58	34
	12/14-19/01	58	32
	11/14-20/01	60	28
	10/17-22/01	67	24
	8/15-22/01	37	52
	7/20-25/01	39	52
	6/13-18/01	39	54
	4/26 - 5/5/01	46	46
	2/22 - 3/3/01	43	49
	9/8-17/00	38	54
	8/10-14/00	35	55
	7/13-17/00	35	56
	6/8-12/00	35	55
	5/4-8/00	33	60
	4/7-10/00	36	56
	2/17-21/00	38	55
	1/00	36	56
	12/2-9/99	36	58
	10/22-25/99	32	58
	9/17-21/99	39	55
	8/12-18/99	37	56
	6/10-15/99	33	61
	5/14-19/99	33	61
	4/8-13/99	35	60
	2/11-15/99	35	61
	1/7-12/99	36	61
	11/11-15/98	34	61
	9/9-13/98	42	53
	8/12-17/98	40	56
	6/17-22/98	31	62
	4/22-27/98	37	57
	2/18-23/98	44	53
	1/14-18/98	42	56
	11/97	34	61
	10/97	32	62
	9/97	34	62
	8/97	35	60
	7/97	34	62
	6/97	31	67
	5/97	35	59
	4/97	37	60
	2/97	38	58

Research 2000 for news media clients. July 25-27, 2008. N=1,100 likely voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	7/25-27/08	18	73	9

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Oct. 13-15, 2006. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4.5.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?"
					.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/13-15/06	36	61	3
	8/30 - 9/2/06	31	64	5

Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Sept. 16-19, 2006. N=1,517 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
.
"What is your impression of the Republicans in Congress? As of today, is it very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about them to say?"
.
		Favorable	Unfavorable	Haven't heard enough	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	9/16-19/06	42	43	11	4
	6/24-27/06	31	42	22	5
	4/8-11/06	37	50	10	2

*CNN/Time* Poll** conducted by Harris Interactive. Nov. 13-14, 2002. N=1,006 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1.
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"Next, I'm going to read you the names of some people in the news today. Please tell me whether you have generally favorable or generally unfavorable impressions of each, or whether you are not familiar enough to say one way or another. Republicans in Congress."
.
		Favorable	Unfavorable	Not familiar	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	11/13-14/02	46	27	23	4
	3/13-14/02	47	28	21	4
	11/7-8/01	56	18	22	4
	7/17-18/01	41	34	22	3
	3/21-22/01	38	32	23	7
	5/26-27/99	35	45	13	7
	1/7/99	37	45	12	6
	12/17-18/98	36	47	12	5
	9/23-24/98	41	41	15	3
	9/16-17/98	48	32	12	8
	1/14-15/98	46	32	15	7

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	* Prior to 1999, question wording was: ". . . some political leaders in the news . . . ."

Bloomberg News Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. June 11-16, 2002. N=1,201 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republican leaders in Congress are doing?"
.
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	6/02	48	35	17
	4-5/02	48	36	16
	1/02	54	30	15
	5-6/01	45	38	17
	4/01	46	34	21
	2-3/01	45	31	24
	1/01	46	35	19

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