Toplines - Barack Obama - October 27-28, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted October 27-28, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* If Barack Obama was up for re-election right now, how likely would you be to vote for him?

34% Very likely

11% Somewhat likely

9% Not very likely

40% Not at all likely

5% Not sure

2* Has the election of Barack Obama as President had a positive influence on race relations, a negative influence on race relations or has it had no impact?

37% Positive
30% Negative
26% No impact
7% Not sure

3* Since Barack Obama was elected President, are you doing better or worse economically?

16% Better

48% Worse

32% About the same

4% Not sure

4* How would you rate the job Barack Obama as been doing as President….excellent, good, fair or poor?

21% Excellent

21% Good

20% Fair

37% Poor

2% Not sure

5* Since the election, do have a more favorable or less favorable impression of Michelle Obama?

33% More favorable

26% Less favorable

33% About the same

8% Not sure

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