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Toplines - Economic Recovery Plan - February 14-15, 2009

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted February 14-15, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed news of the economic stimulus bill recently passed by Congress?

61% Very closely

31% Somewhat closely

6% Not very closely

1% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Will the stimulus bill help the economy, hurt the economy, or have little impact on the economy?

38% Help

29% Hurt

24% Have little impact

9% Not sure

3* Did the stimulus bill that passed include primarily new government spending, new tax cuts, or about an equal amount of new government spending and tax cuts?

50% New government spending

8% New tax cuts

31% An equal amount of government spending and tax cuts

11% Not sure

4* If your representative in Congress voted for the stimulus plan, would that make more likely to vote for your representative, less likely to vote for your representative, or would it have no impact on your vote?

32% More likely

35% Less likely

30% No impact

2% Not sure

5* Is the following statement true or false: Just about all Democrats in Congress voted for the stimulus plan while just about all Republicans voted against it.

78% True

11% False

10% Not sure

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