National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted April 27-28, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

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

4% Excellent

14% Good

34% Fair

46% Poor

2% Not sure

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

22% Yes

55% No

22% Not sure

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

13% Very likely

41% Somewhat likely

32% Not very likely

10% 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?

17% Helping people

70% Their own careers

13% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

30% Yes

47% No

23% Not sure

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