Toplines - Rate Congress - December 30, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted December 30, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

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

1% Excellent

11% Good

27% Fair

58% Poor

2% Not sure

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

20% Yes
61% No

19% Not sure

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

12% Very likely
26% Somewhat likely

38% Not very likely

18% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

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

9% Helping people

79% Their own careers

12% Not sure

4* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

43% Yes
32% No

25% Not sure

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