Inevitable: "Congressman" now least respected job among nine major professions

The middle area remains inhabited by the same professions that were there in the previous surveys, although their rankings shift slightly. Bankers follow pastors, but there’s a 22-point drop-off: Americans are evenly divided in their views of bankers, 48% very favorable but 49% very unfavorable.

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Next come journalists and reporters, seen favorably by 43% and unfavorably by 54%. Those with a very favorable opinion outnumber those with a very unfavorable view by two-to-one. Here there is a noticeable partisan divide: While 58% of Democrats view journalists favorably, 70% of Republicans and 55% of unaffiliateds do not.

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