National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted November 15-16, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* When it comes to addressing the nation’s current economic problems, how confident are you that U.S. policy makers know what they’re doing?

4% Very confident

22% Somewhat confident

45% Not very confident

25% Not at all confident

4% Not sure

2* Last month, Congress and the President approved a $700-billion economic rescue plan. Some of the plan has now been implemented. Looking back, was passage of the $700 billion rescue plan good or bad for the United States?

25% Good

48% Bad

26% Not sure

3* Which is the bigger problem for the economy—that there is not enough credit available or that Americans borrow too much money?

17% There is not enough credit available

72% Americans borrow too much money

10% Not sure

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