Fifty-five percent (55%) of U.S. voters rate the current Democratic-led Congress’ job performance as poor in a new Rasmussen Reports survey taken the night after Election Day. Just 11% think Congress is doing a good or excellent job.

Republicans give Congress poor marks by two-to-one over Democrats – 74% to 37%. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of unaffiliated voters agree.

But just 19% of Democrats say Congress is doing a good or excellent job, as do 11% of unaffiliated voters. Three percent (3%) of GOP voters rate their performance as good only.

Congress has consistently scored lower this year in voter approval than even President Bush who has hit record lows for his presidency. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters, given the option in early October of keeping or replacing the entire Congress, said they would like to throw them all out and start over again.

In Tuesday’s elections, Democrats added at least six seats to their majority in the Senate and 19 or more to their majority in the House, so voters clearly took out their unhappiness with Congress more on Republicans. With a Democrat in the White House, it will be interesting to see whether voter perceptions of Congress change.

As of now, however, voters generally view the Democrats’ top congressional leadership unfavorably, too. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wasn’t even known to a sizable percentage of his own party members.

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In a separate survey on Election Day, 42% of voters had an unfavorable view of Reid, including 27% who said their view of him was Very Unfavorable. Twenty-eight percent (28%) had a favorable view of the Democratic senator from Nevada, but just six percent (6%) said that opinion was Very Favorable.

Over one-quarter of voters (27%) on Election Day said they didn’t know who Reid was. Even 30% of Democrats didn’t know him, compared to 23% of Republicans and 29% of unaffiliated voters.

Then there’s House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the outspoken San Francisco Democrat. Forty percent (40%) had a favorable view of her, but 53% regarded her unfavorably. Fourteen percent (14%) had a Very Favorable view of Pelosi, compared to 39% who had a Very Unfavorable opinion of her.

Only seven percent (7%) didn’t know who she was, though, but that included 10% of women voters versus three percent (3%) of men.

Again, more Democrats didn’t know who their House leader was than Republicans and unaffiliated voters. While six percent (6%) of both GOP voters and unaffiliateds said they weren’t familiar with Pelosi, eight percent (8%) of Democrats said the same.

Republicans naturally had a far more unfavorable view of Reid and Pelosi than Democrats. Unaffiliated voters by sizable double-digit margins also viewed the two leaders more unfavorably than favorably.

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters say the current Congress is at least somewhat likely to address the serious issues facing the nation, with 29% saying it is Very Likely. Eleven percent (11%) say it is not at all likely, including 16% of both Republicans and unaffiliated voters.

Sixty-two percent (62%) also say Congress has not passed anything to improve voters’ lives. Just 13% disagree, while 25% are not sure.

Sixty-three percent (63%) say members of Congress are more interested in helping their own careers than in helping people, but 22% see it the other way around. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Republicans and 68% of unaffiliated voters say congressmen are more focused on their own careers, but only 44% of Democrats concur.

A plurality (43%) do not think most members of Congress are corrupt, although 32% believe that most are. One-quarter (25%) are undecided. While Republicans and unaffiliateds are closely divided on this question, 52% of Democrats believe most members of Congress are not corrupt.

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