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Questions - State Rights - August 23-24, 2011

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 23-24, 2011

By Rasmussen Reports

 

 

1* Which does a better job – federal government, state government or local government?

 

 

2* Does the federal government have too much influence over state governments, not enough influence over state governments or is the balance between the two about right?

 


3* Do you agree or disagree with the goal of making Washington, DC as inconsequential as possible in the lives of Americans?

 

 

4* Should states have the right to opt out of federal government programs that they don’t agree with?

 

 

5* Should states have the right to opt out of federally mandated programs if the federal government doesn’t help pay for them?

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