National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted May 26-27, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

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

4% Excellent

19% Good

30% Fair

44% Poor

3% Not sure

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

23% Yes

50% 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?

18% Very likely

34% Somewhat likely

33% Not very likely

10% Not likely at all

5% Not sure

4* Are most members of Congress sincerely interested in helping people or are they just interested in their own careers?

16% Helping people

70% Their own careers

14% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

33% Yes

38% No

29% Not sure

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