Americans Prefer Hemorrhoids And Cockroaches To Congress

Eyder Peralta
npr.org
October 10, 2013

We’ve known for years that Congress – as a whole – is unpopular.

But, with the government shut down and a looming debt ceiling deadline sparking even more divisiveness and partisan bickering, Public Policy Polling, the Democratic automated polling firm that nailed every swing state in 2012, found that only 8 percent of the American public approves of Congress.

And just how much do they dislike them? Those surveyed said (pdf) they prefer hemorrhoids, cockroaches and toenail fungus to Congress.

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