Pew poll shows widespread dissatisfaction with Washington

“Americans have turned on both political parties, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released Thursday that shows the ratings for most institutions of government, politics and other aspects of public life have reached all-time lows.

“Only 11 percent of Americans are “basically content” with the federal government today, compared to 22 percent who said they were content this winter. The only other time the percentage of Americans who were content with government dropped below 20 percent was in March 2010, during the final days of the debate over the Democratic health care bill, when 19 percent told Pew’s pollsters that they were content.

“The percentage of Americans who approve of President Obama has nudged one percent lower over the past month, to 43 percent, and 49 percent now disapprove of the president’s job performance, a new high in Pew polling. More troubling for Obama: 38 percent now “very strongly” disapprove of the job he is doing, almost equal to his overall approval rating.” Read the entire report here.

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