National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted May 30-31, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* During a speech to Congress in February, the President named four priorities for his Administration--cutting the federal deficit in half in the next four years, health care reform, development of new sources of energy and ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education. Which of these priorities do you think is most important?

36% Cutting the federal deficit in half

24% Health care reform

16% Development of new sources of energy

16% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

8% Not sure

2* Which of these goals is the president most likely to achieve – cutting the deficit in half, health care reform, development of new sources of energy or ensuring that every child has access to "a complete and competitive education"?

10% Cutting the federal deficit in half

26% Health care reform

23% Development of new sources of energy

20% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

21% Not sure

3* Which of these goals is the president least likely to achieve – cutting the deficit in half, health care reform, development of new sources of energy or ensuring that every child has access to "a complete and competitive education"?

63% Cutting the federal deficit in half

13% Health care reform

7% Development of new sources of energy

8% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

9% Not sure

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