National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 27-28, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* A year from today, will the U.S. economy be stronger than it is now, or weaker?

40% Stronger

34% Weaker

17% About the same

9% Not sure

2* What about five years from today? Will the U.S. economy be stronger than it is now, or weaker?

49% Stronger

22% Weaker

12% About the same

18% Not sure

3* Over the next few years, how likely is it that United States will enter a 1930s like Depression?

15% Very likely

26% Somewhat likely

40% Not very likely

10% Not at all likely

10% Not sure

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