80% voters want new blood in congress (poll, politicians, party, elections)

[mkfarnam]

Poll: Four in Five Want New Blood in Congress
by Brian Montopoli
10/27/10

CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.
(Credit: CBS)
Here's more evidence that it is a dire year to be an incumbent running for re-election: A new CBS News/New York Times poll taken shortly before the midterm elections finds that 80 percent of likely voters say that most members of Congress should be replaced with someone new.


Just 8 percent say most members deserve re-election.


While Congress has long been unpopular, the numbers are worse for incumbents than they were in the 2006 midterm elections. Then, 16 percent said members deserved re-election while 69 percent wanted someone new.


Voters are somewhat more positive about their own member of Congress - but perceptions are still negative. Just 34 percent say their representative deserves re-election, while 58 percent say their representative does not deserve two more years in office.




Poll: Four in Five Want New Blood in Congress - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

[chielgirl]

They have the power to vote, do they not?
They control Congress.

[desertdetroiter]

Yea, then they turn around and vote in 85 percent of incumbents.

[TempesT68]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Yea, then they turn around and vote in 85 percent of incumbents.

Pretty much, people every election say they are sick of the two party system and want change, but just go and vote for the same ol' politicians.

[Frank DeForrest]

Well many times the choice is between dumb and dumber and people will go with the dumb they already know.

[Mercury Cougar]

Personally, I'd prefer having the blood of Congress.

[Arjay51]

Actually, the incumbents are now trying to figure out a way to tell the electorate that they did not really mean to vote for the other candidate so that they can just ignore the election results and continue in their self serving manner.

[cw30000]

I doubt it. I am listening to radio the other days and the host said New Yorkers are so sick of Albany, yet, they are going to vote for Andrew Cuomo instead of Carl Paladino. Those you don't know, Cuomo is Albany.