The 2010 Congressinal elections were seen as a sweeping change. Bringing in the Tea Party to clean up the way Government works.
The only problem is we keep electing the same people over and over and well you get the idea.
'In the House of Representatives, 87% of the incumbents who stood for election were re-elected. This is slightly below the historical trend over the last several decades, and lower than the re-election rate in 1994, 2006, and 2008'.
'In the Senate, and assuming Lisa Murkowski’s write-in bid is successful, 84% of the incumbents who stood for re-election were successful (the number drops to 80%). Again, this is fairly consistent with the historical rate over the past forty years or so'.
From : http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/incumbent-re-election-rates-in-the-2010-mid-terms/
And the Congressional approval (or disapproval) ratge was almost as low then as it is today.
When it comes to opinions on our Representatives, we think it's the other Representatives that need to be voted out.
'PRINCETON, NJ -- About three-quarters of registered voters (76%) say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election'.
'As has historically been the case, voters are much more positive about the U.S. representative from their own congressional district than they are about "most members of Congress," with 53% saying their representative deserves to be re-elected'.
From : http://www.gallup.com/poll/151433/Record-High-Anti-Incumbent-Sentiment-Toward-Congress.aspx
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