National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 4-5, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How confident are you that Congress knows what it's doing when it comes to addressing the country’s current economic problems?

4% Very confident
20% Somewhat confident
31% Not very confident
43% Not at all confident
2% Not sure

2* How confident are you that your representatives in Congress are actually representing your best interests?

8% Very confident
24% Somewhat confident
31% Not very confident
36% Not at all confident

3* Members of Congress almost always get re-elected. Is this because they do a good job representing their constituents or is it because the election rules are rigged to benefit Members of Congress.

16% Because they do a good job representing their constituents
56% Because election rules are rigged to benefit Members of Congress
27% Not sure

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