VAR 000358 B3x. Summary R approval of US Congress MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1126 - 1126 Numeric B3x. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the U.S. Congress has been handling its job? Strongly or not strongly? SUMMARY: R APPROVAL OF U.S. CONGRESS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Built from B3 and B3a. 1. Approve strongly 2. Approve not strongly 4. Disapprove not strongly 5. Disapprove not strongly 8. DK (in B3 or B3a) 9. RF (in B3 or B3a) 0. NA 1 2 4 5 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 285 648 299 318 246 11 ............................................................................ C1/C1.T. FTF: Please look at page 2 of the booklet. I'd like to get your feelings toward some of our political leaders and other people who are in the news these days. I'll read the name of a person and I'd like you to rate that person using something we call the feeling thermometer. Ratings between 50 degrees and 100 degrees mean that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Ratings between 0 degrees and 50 degrees mean that you don't feel favorable toward the person and that you don't care too much for that person. You would rate the person at the 50 degree mark if you don't feel particularly warm or cold toward the person. If we come to a person whose name you don't recognize, you don't need to rate that person. Just tell me and we'll move on to the next one. TELEPHONE: I'd like to get your feelings toward some of our political leaders and other people who are in the news these days. I'll read the name of a person and I'd like you to rate that person using something we call the feeling thermometer. The feeling thermometer can rate people from 0 to 100 degrees. Ratings between 50 degrees and 100 degrees mean that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Ratings between 0 degrees and 50 degrees mean that you don't feel favorable toward the person. Rating the person at the midpoint, the 50 degree mark, means you don't feel particularly warm or cold toward the person. If we come to a person whose name you don't recognize, you don't need to rate that person. Just tell me and we'll move on to the next one. ==============================