National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted February 2-3, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do most Congressional Democrats want the stimulus plan to include more or less government spending?

51% More

23% Less

12% About the same

14% Not sure

2* Okay…Do most Congressional Republicans want the stimulus plan to include more or less government spending?

11% More

70% Less

6% About the same

13% Not sure

3* Fine… Do most Congressional Democrats want the stimulus plan to include more or less tax cutting?

24% More

50% Less

12% About the same

14% Not sure

4* Fine… Do most Congressional Republicans want the stimulus plan to include more or less tax cutting?

60% More

18% Less

8% About the same

13% Not sure

5* How likely is it that the final economic recovery plan passed by Congress will make things worse instead of better?

27% Very likely

23% Somewhat likely

32% Not very likely

7% Not at all likely

12% Not sure

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