76% of Registered Voters Say Most Members of Congress Do Not Desrve Re-election (except for their representative)

A substantial majority of Republican (75%), independent (82%), and Democratic (68%) voters agree that most members of Congress do not deserve re-election -- a sign of rare consensus about the legislative body in which both parties currently hold a leadership stake.

But Yet, 53% Say Their Representative

Deserves to be Re-elected

Gallup
By: Frank Newport
12/9/2012

PRINCETON, NJ -- About three-quarters of registered voters (76%) say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election, the highest such percentage Gallup has measured in its 19-year history of asking this question. The 20% who say most members deserve to be re-elected is also a record low, by one percentage point.

Majority Would Cast a "Yea" Vote

for Their Own Member of Congress

As has historically been the case, voters are much more positive about the U.S. representative from their own congressional district than they are about "most members of Congress," with 53% saying their representative deserves to be re-elected, while 39% hold the opposite view.