The questions referred to behavior from McAllister and Radel in recent months. | AP Photos Pols buying cocaine? Yawn.

Voters are so desensitized to misbehaving politicians that they hardly bat an eyelid when they hear about congressional scandals involving drugs or affairs, a new POLITICO poll finds.

Only 11 percent of those surveyed said they were “shocked” upon hearing “that a member of Congress was arrested for buying cocaine,” the poll found.


Another 29 percent said they were “mildly surprised,” while 58 percent said they were “not much moved at all.”

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That question was a reference to former Florida Rep. Trey Radel, who resigned earlier this year after he was caught buying cocaine from an undercover federal agent.

Those surveyed were even less surprised to hear that another member of Congress “was videotaped kissing a staff-person who was not his wife.”

Only 4 percent said they were “shocked.” Eighteen percent were “mildly surprised,” but the vast majority — 77 percent — were “not much moved at all.”

That question was prompted by Rep. Vance McAllister of Louisiana, who earned the nickname “the kissing congressman” after he was caught on video making out with a female aide. He has decided not to seek reelection.

( Full POLITICO poll results)

The poll, designed by SocialSphere and conducted by the research firm GfK, surveyed 867 likely voters between May 2 and 13, in places with highly competitive midterm contests. The poll, conducted with GfK’s online KnowledgePanel methodology, has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.1 percentage points.