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Over 75 Percent of Voters Say Members Should Not Trade Stocks While Serving in Congress
(Austin, TX—January 13, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted December 17th through December 21st of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.
“In an era of hyper-partisanship, voters in all parties agree that Members of Congress should not be enriching themselves using ‘insider information’ while serving the people. Congress has a history of passing laws that make it appear as if they are behaving ethically, while continuing to do things that are not honest nor ethical. This issue has received a lot of attention, and this data verifies the American people want this practice to end once and for all,” said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action.
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KEY INSIGHT: Vast Majority of American Voters Say Members of Congress Should Not be Allowed to Trade Stocks While Serving in Congress:
- 75.9 percent of American voters say that members of Congress and their spouses have an unfair advantage and should not be allowed to trade stocks while serving in Congress.
- 4.8 percent say it’s perfectly fine for members of Congress and their spouses to trade stocks while serving in Congress
- 19.3 percent have no opinion.
KEY INSIGHT: Majorities of Democrat, Republican and Independent Voters All Opposed to Members of Congress Trading Stocks While Serving in Office:
- 69.4 percent of Democrat voters say that members of Congress and their spouses have an unfair advantage and should not be allowed to trade stocks while serving in Congress. 5.3 percent say it is perfectly fine and 25.4 percent have no opinion.
- 78.2 percent of Republican voters say that members of Congress and their spouses have an unfair advantage and should not be allowed to trade stocks while serving in Congress. 5.2 percent say it is perfectly fine and 16.7 percent have no opinion.
- 79.5 percent of Independent voters say that members of Congress and their spouses have an unfair advantage and should not be allowed to trade stocks while serving in Congress. 3.9 percent say it is perfectly fine and 16.5 percent have no opinion.
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