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What Should Tom DeLay Do? 40% of constituents in Texas's 22nd Congressional District say their Congressman Tom DeLay should resign from Congress, according to a SurveyUSA tracking poll of 546 adults from DeLay's district, interviewed 10/07/05 to 10/09/05 exclusively for KPRC-TV in Houston. In 12 tracking polls conducted by SurveyUSA for KPRC over the past 5 months, the number of constituents who say DeLay should resign from Congress has hovered between 32% and 37%. Today, for the first time, the number reached 40%. DeLay was indicted on 9/28 and again on 10/3. On 10/07, the first day for the field period of this poll, DeLay asked that the indictments be dismissed. 25% of Republicans today say DeLay should resign. 69% of Democrats today say DeLay should resign. 40% of Independents today say DeLay should resign. When respondents are asked to give DeLay a letter grade (of A, B, C, D or F), and DeLay's Grade Point Average is calculated, on a 4.0 scale, DeLay gets a 2.2 today, statistically unchanged from the GPA he has been given over the past 5 months. When respondents are asked whether they approve or disapprove of the job DeLay is doing in Congress, 46% approve, 48% disapprove. These numbers show no movement, only drift, over the past 5 months. The number of Independents who disapprove of DeLay is slowly but steadily declining. DeLay's support among Republicans shows no erosion. |