National Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted February 15-16, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Now…I am going to read you a short list of professions. For each, please let me know if you generally have a Very Favorable, Somewhat Favorable, Somewhat Unfavorable, or Very Unfavorable opinion of people in those professions.

First… CEO’s of the nation’s largest corporations…

3% Very favorable
19% Somewhat favorable
35% Somewhat unfavorable
38% Very unfavorable
6% Not sure

2* Next…People Who Start Their Own Businesses…

54% Very favorable
34% Somewhat favorable
4% Somewhat unfavorable
2% Very unfavorable
6% Not sure

3* Okay…Members of Congress…

3% Very favorable
23% Somewhat favorable
30% Somewhat unfavorable
38% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure

4* Fine….Pastors and Other Local Religious Leaders……

35% Very favorable
37% Somewhat favorable
15% Somewhat unfavorable
7% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure

5* Next…Lawyers……

7% Very favorable
34% Somewhat favorable
33% Somewhat unfavorable
20% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure

6* Okay….Stockbrokers and Financial Advisors……

3% Very favorable
34% Somewhat favorable
34% Somewhat unfavorable
22% Very unfavorable
7% Not sure

7* Next…..Small Business Owners……

55% Very favorable
37% Somewhat favorable
2% Somewhat unfavorable
2% Very unfavorable
4% Not sure

8* Okay….Bankers……

7% Very favorable
37% Somewhat favorable
32% Somewhat unfavorable
20% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure

9* last one….Journalists and Reporters……

8% Very favorable
30% Somewhat favorable
27% Somewhat unfavorable
30% Very unfavorable
4% Not sure

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