Voters Strongly Believe Most in Congress Are For Sale

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 22:36

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Voters overwhelmingly believe that most members of Congress are for sale, and over half think it’s at least somewhat likely that their own representative has been bought with cash or a campaign contribution.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 70% of U.S. voters believe most members of Congress are willing to sell their vote for cash or a campaign contribution. That’s a 14-point increase from three years ago.

Only 13% don’t think this is true, but another 17% aren’t sure.

Fifty-six percent (56%) say it’s likely that their own representative in Congress has sold his or her vote for either cash or a campaign contribution. Half as many (28%) think it’s unlikely.

Those figures include 28% who say it’s Very Likely that their representative has sold his or her vote. Only nine percent (9%) say it’s Not At All Likely.

The issue of government ethics and corruption has consistently been second only to the economy in terms of importance to voters.

More Polls can be found at Rasmussen Reports