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Toplines - Texas - April 16, 2009

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Daily Snapshot

Texas Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted April 16, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news stories about the “tea party” protests?

44% Very closely

27% Somewhat closely

23% Not very closely

6% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Do individual states have the right to leave the United States and form an independent country?

31% Yes

55% No

14% Not sure

3* If you could vote on the issue, would you vote for Texas to remain in the United States or to secede from the United States and form an independent country of Texas?

76% For Texas to remain in the United States
18% For Texas to secede from the United States

7% Not sure

4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of…

Hutchison

Perry

Very Favorable

25%

19%

Somewhat Favorable

42%

36%

Somewhat Unfavorable

19%

23%

Very Unfavorable

5%

19%

Not sure

8%

3%

5* Generally speaking, when it comes to important national issues, whose judgment do you trust more—the American people or America’s political leaders?

73% The American people

11% America’s political leaders

16% Not sure

6* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?

63% Yes

24% No

13% Not sure

7* Do government and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers and investors?

62% Yes

21% No

17% Not sure

8* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

32% Strongly approve

16% Somewhat approve

10% Somewhat disapprove

42% Strongly disapprove

0% Not sure

9* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

19% Strongly approve

41% Somewhat approve

17% Somewhat disapprove

22% Strongly disapprove

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence