National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted June 20-21, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Generally speaking, do relatives and close friends of politicians get special treatment when seeking government favors and contracts?

77% Yes

6% No

17% Not sure

2* Whose judgment do you trust more when it comes to economic issues affecting the nation-- yourself or the average member of Congress?

74% Yourself

13% The average member of Congress

12% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence