National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted April 2-3, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the federal government provides taxpayer funding to keep a company afloat, should the senior managers of the company be replaced?

43% Yes
26% No
31% Not sure

2* How confident are you that the government will make the right decision when it decides to force out the head of a company that has received a taxpayer bailout?

20% Very confident

23% Somewhat confident
31% Not very confident
14% Not at all confident
11% Not sure

3* Should the federal government have the power to force out the head of any company that it feels is not performing correctly, even if the company has not received taxpayer funding?

18% Yes
66% No
17% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence