National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 26, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Generally speaking how do you rate the way that Congress is doing its job….excellent good fair or poor?

1% Excellent

8% Good

36% Fair

51% Poor

3% Not sure

2* Over the past year, has Congress passed any legislation that will significantly improve life in America?

11% Yes

62% No

26% Not sure

3* Over the next year, how likely is it that Congress will seriously address the most important problems facing our nation?

12% Very likely

31% Somewhat likely

37% Not very likely

14% Not likely at all

6% Not sure

4* Are most members of Congress sincerely interested in helping people or are they just interested in their own careers?

16% Helping people

68% Their own careers

16% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

31% Yes

41% No

28% Not sure

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