Questions - President's Day - February 15-16, 2011
37% Consider Reagan Most Influential President of the Last 50 Years
27% Say Reagan Most Deserving of a Federal Holiday, 20% Say JFK
28% Say There Are Too Many Federal Holidays
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted February 15-16, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* George Washington’s birthday is celebrated as a federal holiday
known as President’s Day on the third Monday in February. There is no federal
holiday for Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, but many states celebrate the birthdays
of both presidents on President’s Day. Should there be a separate federal
holiday for Abraham Lincoln’s birthday?
2* If the
3* Who’s
been the most influential president in the last 50 years – John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton or George W. Bush?
4* Are
there too many federal holidays already, not enough federal holidays or is the
number of federal holidays about right?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error,
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
