Toplines - Congress Ideology - July 5, 2009
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National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 5, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
In political terms, is the average Democrat in
Congress more liberal than you are, more conservative, or about the same as you
ideologically?
54% The average
Democrat in Congress is more liberal than you are
13% More
conservative
26% About the same
7% Not
sure
2*
Okay… In political terms, is the average Republican in Congress more liberal
than you are, more conservative, or about the same as you ideologically?
25% The average
Republican in Congress is more liberal than you are
36% More
conservative
33% About the same
6% Not
sure
3*
Fine… Is the representative in Congress from your district more liberal than
you are, more conservative, or about the same as you ideologically?
28% Your
representative in Congress is more liberal than you are
21% More
conservative
44% About the same
8% Not
sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
