National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted December 17-18, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

2% Excellent

7% Good

35% Fair

54% Poor

2% Not sure

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

13% Yes

60% No

27% Not sure

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

25% Very likely

32% Somewhat likely

27% Not very likely

12% 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

71% Their own careers

15% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

34% Yes

39% No

27% Not sure

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