Congressional job approval among Americans has surged to its highest level in nearly four years, according to a new Gallup poll, conducted as President Donald Trump continues to take an unprecedented number of executive actions in a wide array of policy areas, including immigration enforcement and downsizing government.
Since early January, Americans’ approval of Congress has climbed 12 percentage points, reaching 29 percent—the highest rating recorded since May 2021, according to a recent Gallup survey published on Feb. 19. For more than two years prior, congressional approval had remained below 20 percent.
The poll was conducted between Feb. 3 and 16, roughly a month after the 119th Congress convened on Jan. 3, with Republicans gaining full control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 2019….