National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 31-September 1, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Is the health care reform legislation being considered by Congress likely to increase the deficit, reduce the deficit, or have no impact on the deficit?

68% Increase the deficit

10% Reduce the deficit

14% Have no impact on the deficit

8% Not sure

2* To cover the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to be raised on the middle class?

62% Very likely

18% Somewhat likely

13% Not very likely

2% Not at all likely

5% Not sure

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