Republicans and Democrats Agree on Negative Views of Congress % with a favorable view of Congress Democrat Independent
Although the GOP now controls both the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats hold similar views of Congress: 29% of Democrats and 28% of Republicans rate it favorably. By comparison, Democratic ratings of Congress were consistently higher than Republicans’ ratings when Democrats controlled both chambers from 2007 to 2010.
Independents’ opinions of Congress are more negative than those in either party. Just 22% say they have a favorable view of Congress, relatively unchanged in recent months.
Republicans and Democrats Agree on  | Negative Views of Congress  | % with a favorable view of Congress  | Democrat  | Re publican  | Independent  | GOP  | wins  | House  | GOP  | wins  | Senate  | 29  | 28  | 22  | 13  | 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015  | Survey conducted July 14-20 2015.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 