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Toplines - Congress - November 20-21, 2008

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 20-21, 2008
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

9% Good

31% Fair

55% Poor

1% Not sure

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

12% Yes

60% No

28% Not sure

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

27% Very likely
31% Somewhat likely

24% Not very likely

11% Not at all likely

8% Not sure

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

23% Helping people

64% Their own careers

14% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?


36% Yes

38% No

25% Not sure



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