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Toplines - Economic Stimulus Package - October 20-21, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 20-21, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* 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?

33% Helped

31% Hurt

29% No impact

7% Not sure

2* 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?

48% Federal government will do too much

42% Federal government will not do enough

10% Not sure

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