Congress Ranked Lower than Lice and Cockroaches, Poll Finds

Most people prefer lice, cockroaches and colonoscopies to Congress, according to a new national poll released Tuesday.

Congress only has a nine percent favorability rating, according to the latest national poll by Public Policy Polling, which tested the popularity of Congress against 26 different things, including brussel sprouts, root canals, and traffic jams.

“We all know Congress is unpopular,” said Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling. “But the fact that voters like it even less than cockroaches, lice, and Genghis

Khan really shows how far its esteem has fallen with the American public over the last few weeks.”

Lice received a 67 percent favorability rating compared to Congress with 19 percent. Voters gave brussel sprouts a higher ranking than Congress (69-23). NFL replacement referees received 56 percent compared to Congress with 29 percent. Also, D.C. political pundits (37-34) and Donald Trump (44-42) outranked Congress.

People favored colonoscopies over Congress (58-31). Also, 56 percent of those polled chose getting a root canal over Congress (56-32). Used car salesmen were more popular than Congress (57-32).

Traffic jams were also favored over Congress – 56 to 34. France (46-37), Nickelback (39-32), carnies (39-31), and Ghenghis Khan (41-37) also ranked higher than Congress. Even cockroaches edged out Congress in favorability ratings – 45 to 43 percent.

On the bright side, Congress ranked higher than gonorrhea (53-28), the ebola virus (53-25), communism (57-23), meth labs (60-21) and playground bullies (43-38). It also scored higher among voters than telemarketers (45-35), the Kardashians (49-36), Lindsay Lohan (45-41), Fidel Castro (54-32) and North Korea (61-26).

Isn't that the truth. At least in theory they hate communism if not in practice.

The closeness of the ranking [2 points] is an insult to cockroaches. In a similar vein, the comparison of a colonoscopy and Congress should be disregarded. It only compares the same thing. Assholes!

You would think Congress would take heed and be ashamed! A large majority of them are ancient old goats that have spent a lifetime in Washington storing up riches instead of governing.

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You would think Congress would take heed and be ashamed! A large majority of them are ancient old goats that have spent a lifetime in Washington storing up riches instead of governing.

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You would think Congress would take heed and be ashamed! A large majority of them are ancient old goats that have spent a lifetime in Washington storing up riches instead of governing.

And therein lies the heart of the matter. People may hate Congress as an institution but when it comes to their own guy, he ain't so bad. It's the rest of them turkeys up there.