Toplines - Ethics - February 3-4, 2009
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National
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 3-4, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Are
President Obama’s political appointees more ethical, less ethical or about as ethical as
officials in other presidential administrations?
26% More ethical
25% Less ethical
38% About as ethical
10% Not sure
2* A
number of prominent political figures have recently acknowledged that they
failed to pay all the taxes they owed. Is there a double standard that has one
set of rule for well-connected people and another set of rules for other
taxpayers?
72% Yes
17% No
11% Not sure
3* Do Most Members of Congress pay all the taxes they owe?
15% Yes
55% No
31% Not sure
4* Does the media
hold Obama’s nominees to a higher standard or a lower standard than those
chosen by President Bush, or is the standard about the same?
37% Higher standard
26% Lower standard
30% About the same
6% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.