Toplines - Rate Congress - August 3-4, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 3-4, 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

10% Good

28% Fair

56% Poor

2% Not sure

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

18% Yes

60% No

22% 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

31% Somewhat likely

31% Not very likely

17% Not likely at all

6% 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

75% Their own careers

12% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

39% Yes

36% No

24% Not sure

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