Overall, most Americans dislike Congress; Obama's rating is up

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Voters aren’t pleased with Republicans or Democrats serving in Congress, they’re not overly happy with the president and they’re unsatisfied with the way things are going generally in the country.

A majority also say the U.S. Senate should consider President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, though respondents were divided along party lines.

Those were the findings of a new national survey by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, which questioned 1,451 registered voters over the past week.

On Congress, only 15 percent of those polled said they approved of the job Republicans were doing in office, versus 81 percent who disapproved. Democratic members of the U.S. House and Senate received a 32 percent approval rating, versus 62 percent of voters who disapproved of their work.

“Let’s face it: Both parties are deeply unpopular, but the Democrats are the least reviled,” Tim Malloy, assistant director of the poll, said in a released statement.

Voters were split on Obama’s work in office, with 49 percent approving and 48 percent disapproving — the president’s best net score in several years, according to Quinnipiac.

Read more of the poll in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.