National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted February 2-3, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you favor or oppose the economic recovery package proposed by Barack Obama and the Congressional Democrats?

37% Favor
43% oppose

20% Not sure

2* How likely is it that the economic recovery package proposed by Barack Obama and the Congressional Democrats will become law during his first 100 days in office?

36% Very likely

42% Somewhat likely

11% Not very likely

3% Not at all likely

8% Not sure

3* Suppose the economic recovery plan changed so that it included tax cuts only and there was no new government spending. Would you favor or oppose an economic recovery plan that included tax cuts only?

45% Favor

34% Oppose

21% Not sure

4* Okay… Suppose the economic recovery plan changed so that it included only new government spending and there were no tax cuts? Would you favor or oppose an economic recovery plan that included only new government spending?

15% Favor

72% Oppose

13% Not sure

5* In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more—that the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not do enough?

46% The government will do too much
41% The government will not do enough
13% Not sure

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