Toplines - Economy - September 24, 2008

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted September 24, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* What is more important, creating economic growth or reducing the income gap between rich and poor?

62% Creating economic growth
32% Reducing the gap between rich and poor
6% Not sure

2* Which is more important to John McCain, creating economic growth or reducing the income gap between rich and poor?

71% Creating economic growth
7% Reducing the gap between rich and poor
22% Not sure

3* Which is more important to Barack Obama, creating economic growth or reducing the income gap between rich and poor?

25% Creating economic growth
62% Reducing the gap between rich and poor
13% Not sure

4* When you think about the problems on Wall Street, is it better for the government to step in and rescue the financial markets or is it be better to let the companies that made mistakes go bankrupt?

30% Step in and rescue the financial markets
50% Let the companies that made mistakes go bankrupt
20% Not sure

5*In reacting to the current financial problems on Wall Street, what worries you more—that the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not do enough?

63% Federal government will do too much
25% Federal government will not do enough

12% Not sure

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