Social Sciences and History / Unit 9 SSH 0804 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Approval: Why the Three Branches Move Differently
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The idea
Presidential approval begins high and drops with events. Congress's swings more with events and partisanship and sits far lower, hovering, the anchor says, between ten and twenty percent. The Supreme Court's is most stable, being less visible, though controversial decisions move it.
In practice
The anchor's example: the Court's two thousand fifteen decisions.
Where people slip
The percentages are the anchor's undated characterization.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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