{"id":17013,"date":"2010-10-19T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/few-democrats-say-congress-has-accomplished-more-than-usual\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:48","slug":"few-democrats-say-congress-has-accomplished-more-than-usual","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2010\/10\/19\/few-democrats-say-congress-has-accomplished-more-than-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Few Democrats Say Congress Has Accomplished More Than Usual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just one-in-five of Americans (20%) say that the current Congress has accomplished more than its recent predecessors. (Note, however, that the public is never overly impressed with Congress\u2019s workload \u2014 in biannual surveys going back to 1994, no more than a quarter of the public has ever said the current Congress accomplished more than recent Congresses.) In the most recent survey, a majority of the public believes that this Congress has accomplished less (36%) or about the same (37%) as recent Congresses. Despite two years of Democratic control, even most Democrats do not have an overwhelming sense of accomplishment with regard to the current Congress. Just a third of Democrats (33%) say this Congress has accomplished more than most, while 37% say it has accomplished the same amount and 24% say it has done less than most.Republicans are the most likely to say that this Congress has accomplished less than most; 54% say this, while only 9% say it has accomplished more than most. Independents\u2019 views of congressional accomplishment mirror those of the public overall. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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