Polling Tolling

The most discouraging result here is that while 42% think that most representatives don't deserve to be re-elected, 60% think their own rep deserves to be re-elected. Not surprising, given the majority voted them in, and maybe upwards of 55% margin. It will be very difficult to unseat incumbents and will the congress back for progressives.

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USA TODAY/CNN GALLUP POLL

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,003 national adults, aged 18+, conducted Jan. 6-8, 2006. For results based on the total sample of National Adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the margin of sampling error is +/-3 percentage points.

3. Please tell me whether you think each of the following political office-holders deserves to be reelected, or not. How about?

A. The U.S. Representative in your Congressional District

	Yes, deserves	No, does not	No opinion
National Adults
2006 Jan 6-8	60	27	13
2005 Oct 21-23	63	24	13
2004 Oct 14-16	62	21	17

B. Most members of Congress Yes, deserves No, does not No opinion National Adults 2006 Jan 6-8 42 47 11 2005 Oct 21-23 45 44 11 2004 Oct 14-16 51 33 16 2003 Oct 10-12 51 35 14 2002 Sep 20-22 57 28 15 2002 Apr 29-May 1 58 22 20