Toplines - Congress - October 4, 2008

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 4, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How confident are you that Congress knows what it's doing when it comes to addressing the country’s current economic problems?

2% Very confident

21% Somewhat confident

44% Not very confident

32% Not at all confident
1% Not sure

2* Suppose you could vote this fall on whether to get rid of the entire Congress and start over again. Would you vote to keep the entire Congress or get rid of the entire Congress?

17% Keep the entire Congress

59% Get rid of the entire Congress

24% Not sure

3* Would a group of people selected at random from the phone book do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress?

33% Yes

49% No

19% Not sure

4* Do most members of Congress understand legislation before they vote on it?

24% Yes

47% No

28% Not sure

5* Are members of Congress paid too much, too little or about the right amount?

49% Too much

5% Too little

37% About the right amount

8% Not sure

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