Toplines - Congress - November 5, 2008

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 5, 2008
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

9% Good

31% Fair

55% Poor

2% Not sure

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

13% Yes

62% 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?

29% Very likely

30% Somewhat likely

26% Not very likely

11% Not likely at all

4% Not sure

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

22% Helping people

63% Their own careers

14% Not sure

5* Are most members of Congress corrupt?

32% Yes

43% No

25% Not sure

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