Toplines - Rate Congress - January 24-25, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 24-25, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

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

2% Excellent

10% Good

26% Fair

61% Poor

1% Not sure

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

14% Yes
60% No

25% Not sure

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

11% Very likely
32% Somewhat likely

39% Not very likely

14% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

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

12% Helping people

78% Their own careers

11% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

45% Yes
28% No

26% Not sure

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