Kick the Bums Out: 65% Favor Replacing Entire Congress

by Stephan Tawney on October 28, 2010

Americans have little use for the current roster of the national legislature. They’d rather just kick the bums out and start all over with a new slate of legislators.

In a new poll released by Rasmussen Reports, a full 65% of likely voters say they would replace everyone in Congress if they could. Just 20% say they’d keep everyone currently in Congress, in Congress. And, remarkably, 15% of likely voters say they’re not sure.

Once again, Republicans and Independents find themselves on the same side of the issue. 82% of Republicans and 78% of Independents would replace everyone. Just 38% of Democrats agree, with 44% saying they’d keep the current legislators.

38% of likely voters have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party after four years of control of Congress and two years of controlling both the White House and Congress. 53% view the Democratic Party unfavorably.



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