Thread: 65% Country Better Off Most in Congress Defeated This Nov

65% Say Country Better Off If Most in Congress Defeated This November

Friday, June 11, 2010

Most voters continue to believe it would be better for the country if the majority of Congress is thrown out this November, but they also remain unconvinced that a Republican takeover will make a noticeable difference.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 19% of voters think it would be better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were reelected this November. Sixty-five percent (65%) disagree and say it would be better if most were defeated. Sixteen percent (16%) aren’t sure.

These findings are little changed from February.

Most Political Class voters (51%) believe the country would be better off if most incumbents in Congress were reelected, but 75% of Mainstream voters disagree.

Still, while hoping incumbents get defeated, only 42% of all voters say there will be a noticeable change in the lives of most Americans if the Republicans recapture control of Congress from the Democrats. Thirty-two percent (32%) disagree and don’t expect much to change while another 25% are not sure.

Those views, too, haven’t changed since four months ago.

Twenty-nine percent (29%) say it is Very Likely that Republicans will win a majority in the House of Representatives this November (up three points from January), though. Only 4% say it is Not at All Likely.

Most are somewhere in between when it comes to the outcome in November with 31% saying a GOP takeover is Somewhat Likely and 22% saying Not Very Likely.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on June 9-10, 2010 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.

Not surprisingly, 82% of Republicans – and 77% of voters not affiliated with either party – say it would be better for the country if most congressional incumbents were defeated. But perhaps more surprisingly, despite their party’s control of Congress, Democrats are evenly divided on the question.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of the Political Class say there will not be a noticeable change in the lives of most Americans if the Republicans win control of the Congress. Mainstream voters are more conflicted: 44% say there will be a noticeable change, while 32% say there will not be and 24% are undecided.

Unaffiliated voters have similar mixed feelings: 38% say a GOP takeover of Congress will produce a noticeable change in their lives, but 33% disagree and 29% aren’t sure.

Voters continue to strongly support repeal of the national health care bill, Congress’ major legislative accomplishment this year.

Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 6. That’s up broadly consistent with weekly results from the past year.

In May, the number of adults identifying themselves as Democrats fell nearly one percentage point to tie the lowest level on record, while the number of Republicans and those not affiliated with either party rose by less than half a percentage point.

Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on legislation asserting more government control over the U.S. financial industry, most voters continue to believe the legislators have little idea what they're doing when it comes to the economy.

Forty-one percent (41%) say a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree, but another 20% are undecided.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... s_november

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