People aren't too happy with our government right now.

Only 14 percent of Americans approve of the work Congress is doing, according to the latest NBC News and Wall Street Journal August 2014 poll.

Respondents aren't particularly satisfied with the country's other leader, either. President Barack Obama's approval rating hit an all-time low at 40 percent.

In the last four years, Congress' approval rating dropped from 22 percent back in May 2011 and dropped drastically to 13 percent in August 2011.

Democratic pollster Peter Hart told NBC News: "We're in the summer of our discontent. Americans are cranky, unhappy ... It is with everything going on the world."

The rest of the poll showed more dissatisfaction in other areas, with 60 percent unhappy with the state of the U.S. economy, 70 percent thinking the country's headed in the wrong direction, and 80 percent feeling pessimistic about the political system.

One thousand people participated in the poll: 48 percent are male and 52 percent are female. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percent.

See the full results here.

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