Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted November 29-30, 2008

By Rasmussen Reports

1* When thinking about the recent wave of bank failures, is it more likely that laws were broken or that the laws were not strict enough?

37% Laws were broken

50% Laws were not strict enough

13% Not sure

2* Think for a moment about the large banks that have recently failed. How likely is it that these banks misrepresented their financial condition to shareholders, government regulators, and others?

59% Very likely

24% Somewhat likely

8% Not very likely

3% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

3* Suppose that a bank CEO knew that his bank was misrepresenting its financial condition and did nothing to correct it. Should that bank CEO go to jail?

76% Yes

9% No

16% Not sure

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