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Toplines - Trust on Issues - October 14-15 and October 18-19, 2009

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Daily Snapshot

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 14-15, 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.

The economy

49% Republicans

35% Democrats

16% Not sure

2* National security and the War on Terror

54% Republicans

31% Democrats

15% Not sure

3* The war in Iraq

50% Republicans

31% Democrats

19% Not sure

4* Immigration

40% Republicans

33% Democrats

27% Not sure

5* Government ethics and corruption

33% Republicans

29% Democrats

38% Not sure

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 18-19, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

6* Taxes

50% Republicans

35% Democrats

15% Not sure

7* Health care

46% Republicans

40% Democrats

14% Not sure

8* Social Security

45% Republicans

37% Democrats

19% Not sure

9* Education

43% Republicans

38% Democrats

18% Not sure

10* Abortion

47% Republicans

35% Democrats

19% Not sure

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