Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted January 21-22, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* In political terms, is Barack Obama more liberal than you, more conservative than you, or are his political views about the same as yours?

49% More liberal than you

9% More conservative than you

38% About the same as yours

5% Not sure

2* Who is more liberal, Barack Obama or most Democrats in Congress?

35% Barack Obama

31% Most Democrats in Congress

33% Not sure

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