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Voters Say Congress Cares More About Media Than Constituents

Congress cares more about what the media says than what their own constituents think, according to a majority of voters.

A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that what the media thinks matters more to the average member of Congress than what their constituents think. Only 29% of voters believe that constituents matter more than the media to the average member of Congress. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 900 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on June 22-23, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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