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Toplines - Stimulus - August 21-22, 2010

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 21-22, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Last 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?

 

Helped

Hurt

No impact

Not Sure

August 21-22, 2010

38%

36%

21%

6%

July 1, 2010

29%

43%

24%

5%

 

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?

 

47% The government will do too much
44% The government will not do enough
  9% Not sure

 

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