Toplines - Rate Congress - February 19-20, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 19-20, 2010

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

9% Good

18% Fair

71% Poor

1% Not sure

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

15% Yes
70% No

16% Not sure

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

9% Very likely
31% Somewhat likely

41% Not very likely

15% Not at all likely

4% 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

81% Their own careers

10% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

42% Yes
32% No

26% Not sure

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