07/01/2008
Rate Congress

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

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

2% Excellent

7% Good

36% Fair

52% Poor

2% Not sure

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

12% 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?

9% Very likely

32% Somewhat likely

39% Not very likely

16% Not likely at all

4% 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

72% Their own careers

14% Not sure

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