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Toplines - Obama Ideology - January 31-February 1, 2009

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 31-February 1, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

1* In political terms, is Barack Obama very liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, or very conservative?

42% Very liberal

29% Somewhat liberal

23% Moderate

1% Somewhat conservative
1% Very conservative

4% Not sure

2* Okay… In political terms, is Joe Biden very liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, or very conservative?

32% Very liberal

37% Somewhat liberal

21% Moderate

3% Somewhat conservative
1% Very conservative

6% Not sure

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