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Brain -> Poll: 49 percent would reelect incumbent (4/10/2010 11:28:49 PM)
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I'd vote them all out. No more Republicans or Democrats.
Poll: 49 percent would reelect incumbent
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.
“While that could have a negative impact on incumbents from both parties, the greater exposure of the Democrats by virtue of their majority status means greater risk for their candidates,” she wrote. “Additionally, both parties have seen their majority control of Congress wiped out in midterm elections with less anti-incumbent fervor than is seen today. Simply put, the party in power seems to take the brunt of voters' wrath in these situations.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35536.html
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