Congress is Less Popular than Roaches, Root Canals, Lice and Nickelback

Volume 18, No. 1 January 11, 2013
Liberator Online

Congress is less popular than lice, brussels sprouts, colonoscopies, NFL replacement refs, traffic jams, roaches, the country of France, and the band Nickelback.

That's according to a scientific poll by respected pollsters Public Policy Polling (PPP).

After their latest poll found that Congress only has a 9% favorability rating, with fully 85% of voters viewing it in a negative light, PPP decided to see just exactly how unpopular Congress really is.

So in early January they tested Congress' popularity against 26 different things that Americans also strongly detest.

Here are some of the things a majority of Americans have a higher opinion of than Congress, and the percentages for and against:

Lice 67%, Congress 19%;

Cockroaches 45%, Congress 43%.

Root canals 56%, Congress 32%;

Colonoscopies 58%, Congress 31%;

Being stuck in traffic jams 56%, Congress 34%;

Brussels sprouts 69%, Congress 23%;

NFL replacement refs 56%, Congressmen 29%;

Used car salesmen 57%, Congress 32%;

France 46%, Congress 37%;

The band Nickelback 39%, Congress 32%;

Genghis Khan 41%, Congress 37%;

Donald Trump 44%, Congress 42%;

Surprisingly, there are still some things Americans hate even more than Congress -- though apparently not many, and not by much. Congress did beat out playground bullies (43/38), telemarketers (45/35), the Kardashians (49/36), John Edwards (45/29), lobbyists (48/30), Fidel Castro (54/32), gonorrhea (53/28), Ebola (53/25), communism (57/23), North Korea (61/26), and meth labs (60/21). That, however, is clearly faint praise.

Concludes PPP:
     "When you're less popular than cockroaches, Genghis Khan, traffic jams, and yes even Nickelback, well, it might be time to reevaluate."