Subject: [big campaign] Rasmussen: 62% Say Bush, Not Obama, To Blame For Ongoing Economic Problems
From: Aniello Alioto <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:08:04 -0400
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62% Say Bush, Not Obama, To Blame For Ongoing Economic Problems

Monday, June 01, 2009

President Obama<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/62_say_bush_not_obama_to_blame_for_ongoing_economic_problems#>contends
he inherited the nation’s ongoing economic problems and that his
actions since taking office are not to blame. Sixty-two percent (62%) of
U.S. voters agree with the president that the problems are due to the
recession that began under the Bush administration.

Just 27% of voters say the problems are being caused more by the policies
Obama has put in place since taking office, according to a new Rasmussen
Reports national telephone survey. Ten percent (10%) are not sure which
president is more to blame.

Not surprisingly, 88% of Democrats say it’s Bush’s fault. However,
Republicans are more evenly divided. Thirty-four percent (34%) of the GOP
faithful say the economic problems can be traced to the Bush
Administration<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/62_say_bush_not_obama_to_blame_for_ongoing_economic_problems#>while
51% blame Obama’s policies.

Among voters not affiliated with either party, 61% say the Bush recession is
to blame versus 28% who say Obama is at fault.

While 94% of liberals and 72% of moderates see the root cause of the
economic problems in the recession that began under Bush, conservatives by a
much narrower 47% to 35% margin point to Obama’s policies.

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Obama has maintained high and relatively stable approval numbers since
January. He got a bounce this past week in the Rasmussen Reports daily
Presidential Tracking
Poll<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll>from
his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Just before he left office in
January<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/majority_rates_bush_as_one_of_america_s_worst_presidents>,
57% of Americans said Bush is one of the five worst presidents in U.S.
history.

Most voters have consistently opposed
bailouts<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/federal_bailout/54_say_no_to_all_bailouts>for
the auto and financial industries, both of which were initiated during
the closing months of the Bush presidency but have been continued under
Obama.

Just 21% now support the taxpayer-backed bailout
plan<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/auto_industry/just_21_favor_gm_bailout_plan_67_oppose>Obama’s
auto task force has engineered to keep General Motors in business.
Only 18% think the government and the United Auto Workers union will do a
good job running GM and
Chrysler<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/auto_industry/only_18_say_uaw_government_will_do_good_job_running_gm_chrysler>.

Similarly, 59% of voters believe the federal bailouts for banks and other
financial institutions were a bad
idea<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/federal_bailout/most_americans_say_bailouts_were_bad_idea_political_class_disagrees>.
Seventy-six percent (76%) didn’t like the idea of bailing out troubled
insurance companies<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/federal_bailout/76_oppose_federal_bailout_of_ailing_life_insurance_companies>.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of Americans say the president’s plan to provide
mortgage subsidies to financially troubled homeowners was rewarding bad
behavior<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/housing/55_say_government_mortgage_help_rewards_bad_behavior>,
helping those who bought more house than they could afford.

Most Americans (51%) had a favorable view of the “tea
party<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/51_view_tea_parties_favorably_political_class_strongly_disagrees>”
rallies and 77% say the unwillingness of politicians to cut spending is a
bigger problem<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/77_see_politicians_unwillingness_to_cut_government_spending_as_bigger_problem_than_voter_resistance_to_tax_hikes>than
voters’ resistance to paying more taxes.

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