President Obama’s sub-par approval ratings continue to outpace those for the warring congressional parties. At 84 percent disapproval, overall ratings for Congress are at the worst point in nearly four decades of polling. Read related article.

Source: This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone Jan. 12 to 15, 2012, among a random sample of 1,000 adults. The results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York. | | The Washington Post