National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 10-11, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Will the economic stimulus plan that emerges from Congress truly be a bipartisan product, or will it mostly be what Democrats want?

25% It will be a bi-partisan product

60% It will mostly be what Democrats want

15% Not sure

2* Has President Obama done too much to get Republicans involved in the economic recovery plan, too little to get them involved or made about the right amount of effort?

6% Too much

34% Too little

55% About the right amount

6% Not sure

3* Is Republican opposition to the plan due more to the high level of new government spending it contains or to partisan politics?

38% High level of government spending

43% Partisan politics

20% Not sure

4* Whose judgment do you trust more when it comes to economic issues affecting the nation – yourself or President Obama?

49% Yourself

39% President Obama

12% Not sure

5* Is President Obama’s characterization of the economy too negative, too positive or about right?

26% Too negative

9% Too positive

62% About right

3% Not sure

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