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Toplines - Trust on Issues - August 5-8, 2009

Daily Snapshot

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 5-8, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

1*I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue.

First, the economy.

46% Republicans
40% Democrats
14% Not sure

2* National security and the War on Terror

47% Republicans
43% Democrats
10% Not sure

3* The War in Iraq

42% Republicans
42% Democrats
16% Not sure

4* Immigration

43% Republicans
35% Democrats
22% Not sure

5* Government ethics and corruption

31% Republicans
34% Democrats
35% Not sure

6* Taxes


51% Republicans
35% Democrats
15% Not sure

7* Health care

44% Republicans
41% Democrats
15% Not sure

8* Social Security

43% Republicans
39% Democrats
28% Not sure

9* Education

41% Republicans
38% Democrats
21% Not sure

10* Abortion


46% Republicans
36% Democrats
17% Not sure

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