National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 17-18, 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?

42% Cutting the federal deficit in half

24% Health care reform

15% Development of new sources of energy

13% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

6% 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"?

8% Cutting the federal deficit in half

35% Health care reform

17% Development of new sources of energy

27% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

23% 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"?

62% Cutting the federal deficit in half

11% Health care reform

9% Development of new sources of energy

10% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and competitive education

8% Not sure

4* Earlier this year, Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?

36% Helped

34% Hurt

24% No impact

7% Not sure

5* In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more….that the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not do enough?

53% Federal government will do too much

37% Federal government will not do enough

10% Not sure

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