Toplines - Incumbents - August 13-14, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 13-14, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Is your representative in Congress the best possible person for the job?

27% Yes
44% No
29% Not sure

2* Regardless of how Congress is doing overall, does your local representative in Congress deserve to be reelected?

37% Yes
39% No
24% Not sure

3* Generally speaking, would it better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were reelected this November or if most of them were defeated?

23% Better if most incumbents in Congress were reelected

62% Better if most of them were defeated
15% Not sure

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