57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress

**Sol Invictus** · 08-30-2009, 09:51 PM

Rasmussen Reports
August 30, 2009

If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they would vote.
Overall, these numbers are little changed since last October. When Congress was passing the unpopular $700-billion bailout plan in the heat of a presidential campaign and a seeming financial industry meltdown, 59% wanted to throw them all out. At that time, just 17% wanted to keep them.

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**Rudy** · 08-31-2009, 10:34 PM

This survey gives me more confidence in my fellow citizens. Sometimes I think that all politicians should be limited to one term.

**Birka** · 08-31-2009, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by Rudy

This survey gives me more confidence in my fellow citizens. Sometimes I think that all politicians should be limited to one term.

Or maybe 2 at the most. Then they would not be allowed to work as a lobbyist for a period of 8 years. By then, they would not know the current congressmen and could not use their influence.