National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted March 2-3, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

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

49% More partisan

32% More cooperative

19% Not sure

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

39% On a bipartisan basis
43% Like a partisan Democrat
18% Not sure

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

27% On a bipartisan basis
50% Like partisan Republicans
23% Not sure

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

22% On a bipartisan basis
60% Like partisan Democrats
17% Not sure

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