May 29, 2006

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Scan) - Few adults in the United States have complete confidence in the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, according to a poll by Zogby Interactive. Only three per cent of respondents express a high level of trust in Congress.

(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Few adults in the United States have complete confidence in the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, according to a poll by Zogby Interactive. Only three per cent of respondents express a high level of trust in Congress.

Only seven per cent of respondents hold total confidence in corporate leaders, and 11 per cent feel the same way about the media. The president and the courts were next on the list, with 24 per cent and 29 per cent respectively.

Conversely, 75 per cent of respondents have a high level of confidence in their friends and co-workers.

In the November 2004 congressional ballot, the Republican Party elected 232 lawmakers to the House of Representatives, while the Democratic Party secured 202 seats. The Republicans also have a majority in the Senate, with 55 members in the 100-seat upper house. George W. Bush—a Republican—earned a second four-year term in the November 2004 presidential election.

American voters will renew the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate on Nov. 7.

Polling Data

How Americans rate the trustworthiness of select groups.
The scale includes High (4+5), Medium (3) and Low (1+2).

	High	Medium	Low	Not sure
Congress	3%	20%	76%	--
Corporate Leaders	7%	23%	69%	1%
The Media	11%	31%	58%	--
The President	24%	7%	69%	--
The Courts	29%	38%	33%	1%
Friends and co-workers	75%	21%	4%	1%

Source: Zogby Interactive
Methodology: Online interviews with 8,175 American adults, conducted from Apr. 18 to Apr. 24, 2006. Margin of error is 1.1 per cent.