Toplines - Phelps - February 13-14, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted February 13-14, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news stories about Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps?

23% Very closely

36% Somewhat closely

29% Not very closely

11% Not at all

0% Not sure

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Michael Phelps?

24% Very favorable

36% Somewhat favorable

22% Somewhat unfavorable

7% Very unfavorable

10% Not sure

3* Michael Phelps won a record eight Olympic Gold medals for swimming in the 2008 Summer Games. Recently a photo surfaced of Phelps smoking marijuana at a college party. Kellogg’s then dropped Michael Phelps as a spokesman for their Company. Should Kellogg’s have dropped Phelps?

53% Yes
33% No
14% Not sure

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