HOUSE

Number seeking re-election	Number defeated in primary or general election	Percent of those seeking re-elected
1948 400	83	79%
1958 396	40	90%
1968 409	13	97%
1978 382	24	94%
1988 408	7	98%
1990 406	16	96%
1992 368	43	88%
1994 387	38	90%
1996 384	23	94%
1998 401	7	98%
2000 402	9	99%
2002 398	16	96%

SENATE

Number seeking re-election	Number defeated in primary or general election	Percent of those seeking re-elected
1948 25	10	60%
1958 28	10	64%
1968 28	8	71%
1978 25	10	60%
1988 27	4	85%
1990 32	1	97%
1992 28	5	82%
1994 26	2	92%
1996 21	1	90%
1998 29	3	90%
2000 29	6	79%
2002 27	4	85%

How good a job at keeping in touch with the people?	Response	House	Senate	% voting for incumbent, House	% voting for incumbnet, Senate
	Very good	33	29	88	87
	Fairly good	46	53	80	72
	Fairly poor	12	11	41	40
	Very poor	9	7	24	21
How helpful would he/she be in solving problems??
	Very helpful	29	35	95	90
	Somewhat helpful	53	47	67	70
	Not very helpful	14	5	29	24
	Depends	4	3	58	54
Level of satisfaction with voter-initiated contact
	Very satisfied	56	55	90	90
	Somewhat sat.	35	30	63	70
	Not very sat.	8	9	18	40
	Not at all sat.	6	5	13	14
General agreement w/incumbent’s votes
	Agree	55	50	96	92
	Equal agree/disagree	36	34	79	64
	Disagree	9	16	16	11
Which would do better on most impt. Problem?
	Incumbent	72		97
	Challenger	28		11

CORPORATE PAC CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE AND SENATE: 1992 78.1 million

1998 78 million

House Distribution

	1992	1998
Incumbent Dems	48%	30%
Noninc Dems	6%	2%
Incumbent Repubs	34%	59%
Noninc Repubs	11%	9%

LABOR PAC CONTRIBUTIONS: 1992 47.3 million

1998 44.6 million

	1992	1998
Incumbent Dems	61%	65%
Noninc Dems	34%	26%
Incumbent Repubs	4%	8%