POLL: 63% Say Better for Country If Most of Congress Not Reelected

Subject: txt 2010 -
Just 19% disagree and say it would be better if most congressional incumbents were reelected. Another 18% aren’t sure.

Only 38% of all voters say their local representative in Congress deserves to be reelected, regardless of how Congress is doing overall. Thirty nine percent (39%) say their representative does not deserve reelection. Twenty-three percent (23%) are undecided.

Eighty-two percent (82%) of Republicans and 74% of voters not affiliated with either major party believe an electoral loss by most congressional incumbents would be better for the country.

Perhaps it’s no surprise with Democrats in control of both houses of Congress that Democratic voters are narrowly divided on the question.

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