Via Truthout: Incumbents Likely to Be Voted Out? Don't Bet on It

David Lightman, Truthout: "A new Pew Research Center/National Journal poll found that people still like their own members of Congress far more than they like Congress itself. The institution's approval ratings long have been dismal, and the latest survey found that only 13 percent gave it good or excellent marks. Yet when people were asked their views of their own representatives, the approval number jumped - 28 percent gave them excellent or good ratings.... The Pew poll's findings add fuel to the argument that even in a year when the outspoken tea party movement has dominated political dialogue, 'odds are very high that 90 percent or better of incumbents will be re-elected,' said Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, who tracks congressional races."

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