Poll: Congress less popular than lice, cockroaches, Brussel sprouts and Nickelback

WASHINGTON - What do lice, Brussel sprouts, cockroaches, traffic jams and Nickelback all have in common? According to a new public poll they currently rank higher than Congress in popularity.

It's no surprise Congress has remained under the scrutiny of the public eye, and now a new poll shows just how much Americans are disappointed with their elected officials.

Public Policy Polling conducted a national survey that tested the popularity of 26 different items against Congress. During the course of the survey participants were asked which items they favored; the answers were either the item, Congress, or 'not sure'.

According to the website , 830 Americans were surveyed over the phone from Jan. 3-6 of this year. PPP states the margin of error is +/-3.4 percent and the study was not paid for by a campaign or political organization.

In a majority of the cases, Congress ranked the lowest.

The results are listed below based on the question, "Which do you have a higher opinion of?"

• Congress 45 percent, Telemarketers 35 percent
• Congress 45 percent, John Edwards 29 percent
• Congress 32 percent, Root canals 56 percent
• Congress 29 percent, NFL replacement refs 56 percent
• Congress 19 percent, Lice 67 percent
• Congress 49 percent, Kardashians 36 percent
• Congress 32 percent, Nickelback 39 percent
• Congress 48 percent, Lobbyists 30 percent
• Congress 61 percent, North Korea 26 percent
• Congress 53 percent, Ebola 25 percent
• Congress 45 percent, Lindsey Lohan 41 percent
• Congress 31 percent, Colonoscopies 58 percent
• Congress 54 percent, Fidel Castro 32 percent
• Congress 34 percent, Washington D.C. and political pundits 37 percent
• Congress 31 percent, Carnies 39 percent
• Congress 34 percent, Traffic jam 56 percent
• Congress 43 percent, Cockroaches 45 percent
• Congress 43 percent, Playground bullies 38 percent
• Congress 42 percent, Donald Trump 44 percent
• Congress 60 percent, Meth labs 21 percent
• Congress 37 percent, France 46 percent
• Congress 37 percent, Genghis Khan 41 percent
• Congress 57 percent, Communism 23 percent
• Congress 32 percent, used car salesman 47 percent
• Congress 53 percent, Gonorrhea 28 percent
• Congress 23 percent, Brussel sprouts 69

To view the entire survey visit: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/01/congress-somewhere-below-cockroaches-traffic-jams-and-nickleback-in-americans-esteem.html.