Toplines - Currency - March 29-30, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted March 29-30, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed news reports about proposals from China and the United Nations to replace the dollar with a new global currency?

19% Very closely

22% Somewhat closely
30% Not very closely

27% Not at all

3% Not sure

2* A bill has been introduced in Congress to prevent the dollar from being replaced by a new global currency. Would you favor or oppose a law that prevents the dollar from being replaced by a new global currency?

46% Favor
33% Oppose
21% Not sure

3* Are proposals to create a new global currency primarily designed to help the global economy or to weaken the economic power of the United States?

21% To help the global economy
49% To weaken the economic power of the United States
30% Not sure

4* How important is it to you that the dollar remain the currency of the United States – very important, somewhat important, not very important, not at all important?

70% Very important
18% Somewhat important
5% Not very important
3% Not at all important
4% Not sure

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