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Toplines - Budget Priorities - June 23-24, 2009
See Article National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters By Rasmussen Reports 1* During a speech to Congress in February,
the President named four priorities for his Administration--cutting the federal
deficit in half in the next four years, health care reform, development of new
sources of energy and ensuring that every child has access to a complete and
competitive education. Which of these priorities do you think is most
important? 31% Cutting the federal deficit in half 27% Health
care reform 22% Development
of new sources of energy 12% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and
competitive education 8% Not sure 2* Which of these goals is the president
most likely to achieve – cutting the deficit in half, health care reform,
development of new sources of energy or ensuring that every child has access to
"a complete and competitive education"? 7% Cutting the
federal deficit in half 25% Health
care reform 25% Development
of new sources of energy 21% Ensuring that every child has access to a complete and
competitive education 22% Not
sure 3* Which of these goals is the president
least likely to achieve – cutting the deficit in half, health care reform,
development of new sources of energy or ensuring that every child has access to
"a complete and competitive education"? 64% Cutting the federal deficit in half 11% Health
care reform 8% Development of new sources of energy 7% Ensuring that
every child has access to a complete and competitive education 9% Not sure 4*
Earlier this 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? 31% Helped 30% Hurt 31% No impact 8% Not sure 5* 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? 49% Federal
government will do too much 35% Federal
government will not do enough 16% Not
sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |