National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted March 26-27, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* President Obama’s budget contains many proposals, some more important than others. From your perspective, how important is it for the budget to include middle-class tax cuts?

55% Very important

26% Somewhat important

11% Not very important

4% Not at all important

3% Not sure

2* If you had to make a choice which is more important-- the middle class tax cuts or new spending for healthcare reform?

51% Middle class tax cuts

38% New spending for healthcare reform

11% Not sure

3* Which is more important-- the middle class tax cuts or new spending for developing new sources of energy?

50% Middle class tax cuts

42% New spending for developing new sources of energy

9% Not sure

4* Which is more important-- the middle class tax cuts or new spending on education?

48% Middle class tax cuts

45% New spending on education

7% Not sure

5* Which is more important--the middle class tax cuts or reducing the federal deficit?

39% Middle class tax cuts

51% Reducing the federal deficit

10% Not sure

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