Questions - Government Power and Money - May 29-30, 2012
51% See Federal Government As Threat to Their Rights
24% Say States Have Right to Secede
43% Are Very Worried Federal Government Will Run Out of Cash
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National
Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted May 29-30, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How worried are you that the
U.S. government will run out of money?
2* Generally speaking, do most politicians want the government to
have more power and money than it does today or less power and money than it
does today?
3* Do most Americans want the government to have more power and
money than it does today or less power and money than it does today?
4* Do individual states have the
right to leave the United States and form an independent country?
5* Over the next 25 years or so,
how likely is it that some states will try to leave the United States and form
an independent country?
6* Over the next 25 years or so,
how likely is it that the United States will split up into regional groups of
states?
7* Would it be good or bad if the United
States split up into regional groups of states?
8* Is the federal government
today a protector of individual rights or a threat to individual rights?
9* Is it more important for the government
to protect individual rights or to promote economic growth?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
