Toplines - Political Class - July 12-13, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 12-13, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Some Americans are embarrassed by Arizona and at least one of the laws it recently passed. Some have gone so far as to call it a pariah state.  Are you embarrassed by the state of Arizona and its behavior?

26% Yes
62% No

12% Not sure

2* Others Americans are embarrassed by the Political Class in Washington, DC., and some of the laws it has recently passed. Are you embarrassed by the Political Class in Washington and its behavior?

59% Yes
23% No

18% Not sure

3*  Which is a bigger threat to the United States – laws like the one passed recently in Arizona or the Political Class in Washington, DC?

20% Laws like the one passed recently in Arizona

64% Political Class in Washington, DC

16% Not sure

4* Does the Political Class in Washington care what most Americans think?

15% Yes
68% No

17% Not sure

5* The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed. Does the federal government today have the consent of the governed?

23% Yes
62% No

15% Not sure

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