National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 3-4, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

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

55% More partisan

23% More cooperative

23% Not sure

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

34% On a bipartisan basis
50% Like a partisan Democrat
16% Not sure

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

20% On a bipartisan basis
58% Like partisan Republicans
22% Not sure

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

22% On a bipartisan basis
63% Like partisan Democrats
15% Not sure

5* How likely is it that the next President after Barack Obama will be a Republican?

31% Very likely
27% Somewhat likely
23% Not very likely
6% Not at all likely
12% Not sure

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