National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 19-20, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

3% Excellent

11% Good

38% Fair

47% Poor

2% Not sure

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

11% Yes

59% No

29% Not sure

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

30% Very likely

32% Somewhat likely

24% 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?

18% Helping people

68% Their own careers

14% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

36% Yes

40% No

24% Not sure

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