National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 29-30, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Over the next year, will politics in Washington become more partisan or more cooperative?

40% More partisan

40% More cooperative

20% Not sure

2* Is Barack Obama governing on a bipartisan basis or like a partisan Democrat?

42% On a bipartisan basis
39% Like a partisan Democrat
19% Not sure

3* Are congressional Republicans acting on a bipartisan basis or like partisan Republicans?

22% On a bipartisan basis
52% Like partisan Republicans
26% Not sure

4* Are congressional Democrats acting on a bipartisan basis or like partisan Democrats?

22% On a bipartisan basis
58% Like partisan Democrats
20% Not sure

5* How likely is it that the next President after Barack Obama will be a Republican?

22% Very likely
22% Somewhat likely
30% Not very likely
8% Not at all likely
19% Not sure

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