Poll: Most Want New Blood in Congress
Americans are dissatisfied with their representation in Congress, a new CBS News/New York Times poll shows, with just 34 percent of registered voters saying their own member of Congress deserves re-election.
Fifty-five percent, by contrast, say it’s time to give someone new a chance. That’s up from 47 percent in 2006 and 27 percent in 2004.
Asked about most members of Congress, voters are even harsher: just 12 percent say they deserve reelection, while 78 percent want someone new. Those figures are similar to findings in 2006, when Democrats took control of Congress, as well as 1994, when Republicans took over.
The approval rating for Congress, meanwhile, stands at a lowly 21 percent, down four points from 2006. Seventy percent disapprove of the job Congress is doing.
CBS
9/16/10
Magnolia Tribune
