Liberal Forum

Approval ratings for congress are habitually low. They always have been. There are a couple years, 2001-2002, that were high, but overall, their approval ratings are usually embarrassingly low. The data here only goes back to 1974, but it's not a stretch to say that it's always this way.  So, here is what confuses me. Across the board, Americans agree that our congress is inept. Leftwingers, rightwingers, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, or moderates. The common ground is that we think they are incompetent. Yet, there is such a divide in the country, though we all agree that the government is incompetent, no matter what year it is.  What exactly are we all fighting about? https://www.thoughtco.com/congress-appr ... ry-3368257