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Toplines - Rate Congress - March 19-20, 2010

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted March 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?

3% Excellent

8% Good

24% Fair

64% Poor

1% Not sure

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

18% Yes
57% 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?

12% Very likely
28% Somewhat likely

38% Not very likely

17% Not at all likely

5% 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

76% Their own careers

12% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?


41% Yes
33% No

26% Not sure

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