Toplines: Congress

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

June 15, 2008

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

3% Excellent

8% Good

35% Fair

52% Poor

2% Not sure

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

11% Yes

64% No

25% Not sure

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

11% Very likely

30% Somewhat likely

38% Not very likely

15% 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?

14% Helping people

73% Their own careers

12% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

30% Yes

43% No

27% Not sure

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