National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 3-4, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Have President Obama’s policies increased the size of the federal deficit, cut the size of the federal deficit, or had no impact on the federal deficit?

71% Increased
5% Cut
10% No impact
13% Not sure

2* Which is a bigger problem in the United States today—that voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes or that the politicians are unwilling to control government spending?

12% Voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes
81% Politicians are unwilling to control government spending
7% Not sure

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