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Originally Posted by FlameOn
I can't understand for the life of me why Congress, with a 14% approval rating, keeps on getting most of the incumbents re-elected. It's bat-sh*t crazy if you ask me.
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Because it's maybe the single most misleading stat ever. 14% approval is all Americans view of the whole congress. When you break it down further to the actual approval of congresspeople from their own constituents, the real approval rating for congress is much closer to 65%, and they generally return 90% of incumbents.
Basically, no one believes "their congressperson" is the problem, it's "everyone else's congresspeople" who are terrible. Gerrymandering also has a lot to do with it as well.