Toplines - Professions - September 17-18, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 17-18, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Now…I am going to read you a short list of professions. For each, please let me know if you generally have a Very Favorable, Somewhat Favorable, Somewhat Unfavorable, or Very Unfavorable opinion of people in those professions.

First… CEO’s of the nation’s largest corporations…

3% Very favorable
24% Somewhat favorable
34% Somewhat unfavorable
35% Very unfavorable
3% Not sure

2* Next…People Who Start Their Own Businesses…

60% Very favorable
32% Somewhat favorable
4% Somewhat unfavorable
1% Very unfavorable
3% Not sure

3* Okay…Members of Congress…

4% Very favorable
21% Somewhat favorable
35% Somewhat unfavorable
37% Very unfavorable
2% Not sure

4* Fine….Pastors and Other Local Religious Leaders……

29% Very favorable
41% Somewhat favorable
16% Somewhat unfavorable
6% Very unfavorable
7% Not sure

5* Next…Lawyers……

8% Very favorable
34% Somewhat favorable
34% Somewhat unfavorable
20% Very unfavorable
4% Not sure

6* Okay….Stockbrokers and Financial Advisors……

6% Very favorable
35% Somewhat favorable
35% Somewhat unfavorable
19% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure

7* Next…..Small Business Owners……

64% Very favorable
30% Somewhat favorable
3% Somewhat unfavorable
0% Very unfavorable
3% Not sure

8* Okay….Bankers……

9% Very favorable
39% Somewhat favorable
28% Somewhat unfavorable
21% Very unfavorable
4% Not sure

9* Last one….Journalists and Reporters……

12% Very favorable
31% Somewhat favorable
30% Somewhat unfavorable
24% Very unfavorable
4% Not sure

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