National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 6-7, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

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

65% More partisan

17% More cooperative

18% Not sure

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

30% On a bipartisan basis
52% Like a partisan Democrat
18% Not sure

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

24% On a bipartisan basis
52% Like partisan Republicans
25% Not sure

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

24% On a bipartisan basis
58% Like partisan Democrats
19% Not sure

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

33% Very likely
23% Somewhat likely
25% 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