National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 22-23, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Will the stimulus bill help the economy, hurt the economy, or have little impact on the economy?

34% Help

32% Hurt

26% Have little impact

8% Not sure

2* If your representative in Congress voted for the stimulus plan, would that make more likely to vote for your representative, less likely to vote for your representative, or would it have no impact on your vote?

29% More likely

41% Less likely

27% No impact

3% Not sure

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

32% Very likely

19% Somewhat likely

29% Not very likely

9% Not at all likely

12% Not sure

4* Generally speaking, which is better, a free market economy or an economy managed by the government?

72% Free market economy

14% Economy managed by the government

15% Not sure

5* Do you agree or disagree with this statement - “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem”?

59% Agree

28% Disagree

14% Not sure

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