National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 4-5, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

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

61% More partisan

20% More cooperative

18% Not sure

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

30% On a bipartisan basis
51% Like a partisan Democrat
19% Not sure

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

23% On a bipartisan basis
57% Like partisan Republicans
20% Not sure

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

19% On a bipartisan basis
64% Like partisan Democrats
17% Not sure

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

31% Very likely
29% Somewhat likely
20% Not very likely
7% Not at all likely
13% Not sure

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