National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 3-4, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

1% Excellent

10% Good

32% Fair

54% Poor

3% Not sure

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

11% Yes

59% No

30% Not sure

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

24% Very likely

38% Somewhat likely

26% Not very likely

9% Not likely at all

3% 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

74% Their own careers

12% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

36% Yes

41% No

23% Not sure

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