Toplines: Supreme Court/Congress

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

May 14-15, 2008

1* Generally speaking, how do you rate the way that the Supreme Court is doing its job—Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor?

7% Excellent

34% Good

37% Fair

19% Poor

3% Not sure

2* Okay, how do you rate the way that Congress is doing its job?

3% Excellent

10% Good

38% Fair

47% Poor

3% Not sure

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

12% Yes
61% No

27% Not sure

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

9% Very likely

28% Somewhat

38% Not very likely

18% Not likely at all

7% Not sure

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

14% Helping people

71% Their own careers

15% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence