Toplines - Obama's Economic Recovery Plan - January 10-11, 2009

Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted January 10-11, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed news stories about President-elect Obama's proposed economic recovery plan?

38% Very closely
40% Somewhat closely

17% Not very closely

3% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Generally speaking, do you favor or oppose the economic recovery plan proposed by Barack Obama?

44% Favor

28% Oppose

27% Not sure

3* How important is a big federal government recovery plan to the recovery of the U.S. economy?

52% Very important

23% Somewhat important

13% Not very important
5% Not at all important

7% Not sure

4* What will do the most to stimulate the economy-- tax cuts or new government spending?

47% Tax cuts

32% New government spending

22% Not sure

5* Suppose the economic recovery plan changed so that it included tax cuts only and there was no new government spending. Would you favor or oppose an economic recovery plan that included tax cuts only?

37% Favor

38% Oppose

25% Not sure

6* Suppose the economic recovery plan changed so that it included only new government spending and there were no tax cuts. Would you favor or oppose an economic recovery plan that included only new government spending?

21% Favor

58% Oppose

21% Not sure

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