Just over half the public says that it 's bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives , according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown . And the CNN/ORC International survey also indicates that more than six in 10 Americans say that Speaker of the House John Boehner should be replaced . The poll was conducted Friday through Sunday , just after the end of the 16-day partial federal government shutdown that was caused in part by a push by House conservatives to try and dismantle the health care law , which is President Barack Obama 's signature domestic achievement . Full poll results ( pdf ) According to the survey , 54 % say it 's a bad thing that the GOP controls the House , up 11 points from last December , soon after the 2012 elections when the Republicans kept control of the chamber . Only 38 % say it 's a good thing the GOP controls the House , a 13-point dive from the end of last year . Defeated GOP wants to unite and fight another day . This is the first time since the Republicans won back control of the House in the 2010 midterm elections that a majority say their control of the chamber is bad for the country . CNN Chief National Correspondent John King said there is time for Republicans to recover before the 2014 midterms . `` The midterm election is a year away . There 's plenty of time for Republicans to work on the brand , but they 've taken a bit of a beating here . They 've got some work to do . They need a bit of a makeover , '' King said . Majority want Boehner out . `` We fought the good fight . We just did n't win , '' Boehner said at the end of the shutdown . And while he received a standing ovation at a closed gathering of House Republicans as the crisis came to a close , he may not see anything to applaud in the new poll . `` John Boehner fares just as badly as the GOP , '' CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said . `` Sixty-three percent of all Americans think that Boehner should be replaced as Speaker of the House , a view shared by roughly half of all Republicans . '' Fleischer : Shutdown deal is a 15-yard punt . According to the poll , only 30 % of the public says Boehner , who became Speaker in January 2011 , should continue in that role . Congress near historic lows . The survey indicates that the approval rating for Congress remains near an all-time low . Only 12 % of those questioned say they approve of the job Congress is doing , just two points higher than the historic low in CNN polling . And 86 % give federal lawmakers a thumbs-down , also near the all-time high . Forty-four percent say they approve of the job the President is doing with 52 % saying they disapprove . Four things we learned from government shutdown . `` Barack Obama 's numbers are pretty anemic , but he remains in much better shape than the GOP , '' Holland said . `` Even though Obama 's approval rating remains stuck in the mid-40s , it did n't take a hit during the shutdown -- 44 % just before the shutdown began ; 44 % now . '' According to the survey , 44 % also say they have more confidence in Obama rather than the GOP in Congress to deal with the major issues facing the country today , a 5-point drop from last year ; 31 % say they have more confidence in congressional Republicans , unchanged from last December . Obama wants new approach after shutdown . `` The biggest change on that question is the 21 % who volunteer that they do n't have confidence in either side -- a remarkably high number that is roughly double its usual level , '' Holland said . Majority favor health care law or say it does n't go far enough . Even though they lost this round , conservatives vow to continue their fight to dismantle Obamacare . And they point to major troubles with the rollout of the website where Americans without insurance can enroll in the new health care exchanges . The president addressed the debacle at an event Monday at the White House , saying there was no way to sugarcoat the issues that applicants have experienced . According to the poll , just more than four in 10 say they favor the law , with 56 % opposed to it . But of those opposed , 38 % say they are against the law because they think it 's too liberal and 12 % say it 's not liberal enough . That means that 53 % either support Obamacare , or say it 's not liberal enough . The health care numbers are little changed from late last month , just before the start of the shutdown . Congressional fight over Obamacare turns to website woes . The poll was conducted for CNN by ORC International , with 841 adults nationwide questioned by telephone . The survey 's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points .
Poll conducted after government shutdown shows small majority think GOP control of House is bad . Results are first time since GOP took control of House in 2010 that more oppose its control . Comment: Obama 's approval numbers did n't take same hit that GOP 's did after shutdown .