Toplines - Bernanke - November 29-30, 2009

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

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Ben Bernanke?

3% Very favorable
18% Somewhat favorable
23% Somewhat unfavorable
15% Very unfavorable
40% Not sure

2* Bernanke’s four-year term as Fed chairman expires in January. Should President Obama reappoint him or name someone new to the post?

21% Reappoint him
41% Name someone new
39% Not sure

3* Who has been a better Fed chairman – Ben Bernanke or Alan Greenspan?

17% Ben Bernanke
44% Alan Greenspan
39% Not sure

4* Does the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board have too much power, not enough power or about the right amount of power over the economy?

41% Too much power
7% Not enough power

29% About the right amount of power
22% Not sure

5* How confident are you that the Federal Reserve Board will be able to keep inflation under control and interest rates down?

8% Very confident
27% Somewhat confident
35% Not very confident
21% Not at all confident
10% Not sure

6* A proposal has been made to audit the Federal Reserve and make the results available to the public. Do you favor or oppose auditing the Federal Reserve?

79% Favor
7% Oppose
14% Not sure

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