Politico: dem approval more than doubles in a month

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edit: Politico has posted a correction: NOTE: We originally misinterpreted the data, believing the Democrat approval number referred to voter approval "of" Democratic members/Senators -- instead of what the data reflects, approval of Congress "by" registered Democrats. We regret the error and thank readers who pointed it out.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0209/Congressional_Dem_approval_more_than_doubles.html

Gallup today reports that the approval rating for Congressional Dems more than doubled in a single month -- from 18 percent in January to 43 percent this month, probably on the strength of their push to pass the stimulus and other big-ticket legislation like childrens health insurance.

Over the same period, the GOP House and Senate approval slipped from 23 to 19 percent.

Overall, Congressional job approval leapt from 19 to 31 percent from January to February, the third-largest increase since '01.