Poll: Fewer than half of Americans would reelect their member of Congress

By ANDY BARR
4/8/10

Fewer than half of Americans would reelect their member of Congress, according to a new Gallup Poll.

Forty-nine percent of the 968 registered voters surveyed would vote to reelect the incumbent from their district. Forty percent said their member does not deserve reelection.

Asked if most members deserve reelection, only 28 percent said yes. Sixty-five percent did not believe most members of Congress deserve to return to Washington.

The poll, released late Wednesday, shows a strong anti-incumbent swing just in the past year, with the percentage of those who said most members do not deserve reelection spiking from the low 50s up to 65 percent. the rest

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