Questions - Elections - October 13-14, 2014
40% Think U.S. Elections Are Fair
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National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 13-14, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
Are American elections fair to voters?
2*
Members of Congress almost always get re-elected. Is this because they do a
good job representing their constituents or is it because the election rules
are rigged to benefit Members of Congress.
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?
4*
The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive their authority
from the consent of the governed. Does the federal government today have the
consent of the governed?
5*
Whom does the average Congressman listen to the
most—the voters he or she represents or party leaders in Congress?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence