National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted December 3-4, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Americans pay a federal tax of 18.4 cents on each gallon of gas to help fund transportation projects. Should the government raise the gas tax to help meet new transportation needs?

15% Yes
74% No
10% Not sure

2* Which is better – raising the federal gas tax or cutting back nationally on transportation projects?

22% Raising the federal gas tax
55% Cutting back nationally on transportation projects
23% Not sure

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