National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 8-9, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Would a group of people selected at random from the phone book do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress?

44% Yes
37% No
20% Not sure

2* Whose judgment do you trust more when it comes to economic issues affecting the nation-- yourself or the average member of Congress?

67% Yourself
19% The average member of Congress
14% Not sure

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