National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 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?

3% Excellent

12% Good

32% Fair

53% Poor

1% Not sure

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

17% Yes
59% No

24% Not sure

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

16% Very likely
29% Somewhat likely

38% Not very likely

15% Not at all likely

2% Not sure

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

15% Helping people

76% Their own careers

9% Not sure

4* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

42% Yes
37% No

21% Not sure

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