This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and ABC News by telephone January 8 to 12, 2014 among a random national sample of 1,011 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa. *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are doing their job? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? 1/12/14 1/12/14 12/15/13 3/10/13 1/13/13 12/16/12 3/10/12 1/15/12 12/18/11 4/17/11 10/3/10 7/18/09 4/24/09 2/22/09 7/13/08 2/1/08 12/9/07 11/1/07 9/30/07 7/21/07 6/1/07 4/15/07 10/8/06 5/15/06 11/2/05 6/5/05 6/6/99 3/14/99 7/8/97 4/5/95 10/31/94 10/23/94 9/11/94 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 34 11 23 Approve 34 34 34 37 39 34 33 27 36 36 47 45 50 35 39 40 36 38 46 44 54 48 39 41 42 51 51 45 36 39 36 41 Disapprove 60 64 62 59 56 60 62 66 60 61 48 49 44 57 54 53 58 57 51 49 44 50 58 54 56 42 42 49 60 53 59 53 ------ Disapprove ------NET Somewhat Strongly 60 19 40 No opinion 6 No opinion 6 2 4 3 5 6 5 7 4 3 5 6 6 8 7 6 6 5 2 6 2 3 4 5 3 7 7 6 4 8 5 6 2. Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are doing their job? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? 1/12/14 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 25 6 18 www.washingtonpost.com/polls ------ Disapprove ------NET Somewhat Strongly 71 24 46 No opinion 5 1/12/14 12/15/13 3/10/13 1/13/13 12/16/12 3/10/12 1/15/12 12/18/11 9/1/11 4/17/11 10/3/10 7/18/09 4/24/09 2/22/09 7/13/08 2/1/08 12/9/07 11/1/07 9/30/07 7/21/07 6/1/07 4/15/07 10/8/06 5/15/06 11/2/05 6/5/05 6/6/99 3/14/99 7/8/97 9/15/96 RV 6/30/96 4/5/95 10/31/94 10/23/94 9/11/94 Approve 25 24 24 24 25 23 21 20 28 34 30 36 30 38 25 30 32 32 29 34 36 39 35 33 35 42 41 40 40 46 38 45 33 31 35 Disapprove 71 73 72 71 70 71 75 72 68 63 67 58 64 56 69 63 63 63 67 64 58 59 63 64 61 56 52 56 54 48 56 50 59 64 59 No opinion 5 3 3 4 5 6 4 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 4 2 6 2 2 3 4 2 7 4 6 6 6 5 7 5 6 3. On another subject, overall, do you support or oppose legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? -------- Support --------------- Oppose --------No NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion 1/12/14 49 28 21 48 12 36 3 11/11/12 48 26 22 50 13 37 1 10/28/10* 43 NA NA 52 NA NA 4 1/15/10 46 51 2 4/24/09 46 52 2 10/24/02** 39 53 8 5/27/97 22 75 3 8/26/86 25 74 1 5/19/86 22 77 1 4/28/86 23 75 1 3/24/86 21 78 1 5/13/85 26 " " 72 " " 2 *”Favor” or oppose **Time/CNN: "Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana? (IF OPPOSE) What about in small amounts, for example three ounces or less? Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana in small amounts?” ***END*** www.washingtonpost.com/polls