National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted December 20-21, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* During a speech to Congress in February, the President named four priorities for his Administration--cutting the federal deficit in half in the next four years, health care reform, development of new sources of energy and ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education. Which of these priorities do you think is most important?

42% Cutting the federal deficit in half

22% Health care reform

12% Development of new sources of energy

17% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

7% Not sure

2* Which of these goals is the president most likely to achieve – cutting the deficit in half, health care reform, development of new sources of energy or ensuring that every child has access to "a complete and competitive education"?

6% Cutting the federal deficit in half

47% Health care reform

13% Development of new sources of energy

15% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

20% Not sure

3* Which of these goals is the president least likely to achieve – cutting the deficit in half, health care reform, development of new sources of energy or ensuring that every child has access to "a complete and competitive education"?

70% Cutting the federal deficit in half

6% Health care reform

10% Development of new sources of energy

8% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

6% Not sure

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