Questions - True/False Statements - February 4-5, 2011
43% Say Government Policy Mistakes Created Great Depression of 1930s, 26% Disagree
Just 45% Know That U.S. Has World’s Biggest Economy
60% Recognize That Government Spending Has Increased Every Year Since 1954
Just Over Half Aware U.S. Spends Six Times as Much on Defense As Any Other Nation
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters
Conducted February 4-5, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* I am going to read you
a short list of statements. Please let me know if each statement is true or
false.
First, the
2* Okay…Total government
spending in
3* Next….The
4* After
the 1929 stock market crash, the country entered a recession. However, it was
government policy mistakes that changed a normal recession into the Great
Depression.
5* Last one….Most
Americans own stocks, bonds, or mutual funds.
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence