California doesn't like Congress much either

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

We know that California doesn't much care for the President, but who does, really? It turns out that we don't feel much better about Congress either. In the latest Field Poll (PDF), we find out just how poorly we view them. And it's really bad.  Just 20% of Californians approve of the Congress's performance.  Interestingly, when you ask about the specific parties those number rise to 23% approval for the GOP and to 30% for the Democrats. As for the Speaker, she's at 35% approval. If you head on over to Capitol Alert to get the cross-tabs, you find out that 49% of Dems approve, which represents a substantial slippage, while just 16.5% of Reps. approve of Speaker Pelosi's performance. About 40% of DTSers approve.

Both Senators have slipped substantially since their peaks in March, with DiFi slipping from 61% to 50%, and Boxer slipping from 54% to 45%, however she has held steady at that level of support for a couple of months.

In the end, Congress has not been able to accomplish what people really wanted of them, ending the Iraq War. Whether that's fair or not, is still an open question, but the results of those expectations are clearly playing out in these polls.