National Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted December 6-7, 2008

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you favor or oppose providing taxpayer funded loans to help keep General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler in business?

28% Favor

53% Oppose

19% Not sure

2* Do you favor or oppose providing taxpayer funded loans to rescue other companies like Citigroup?

15% Favor

69% Oppose

16% Not sure

3* Which is better for the economy--to let companies like General Motors fail or for the federal government to provide subsidies that will keep companies like General Motors in business?

40% To let Companies like General Motors fail

41% To provide subsidies to keep companies like General Motors in business

19% Not sure

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