Survey: A majority want a new rescue plan

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. adults polled indicated they are in favor of a rescue package for the economy but 57 percent want a brand new plan, a survey said.

In a recent Gallup survey 14 percent of the respondents indicated they aren't in favor of any Washington rescue plan. On the flip side, 34 percent indicated they believed without a rescue effort the U.S. economy would fall into a severe recession, Gallup said.

Twenty-two percent indicated an economic depression was likely if no rescue plan was passed.

Consistent with these results, 47 percent of the respondents in the survey indicated they approved of the members of Congress who voted against the original $700 billion rescue plan -- 10 percent more than those who disapproved of those members of Congress.

Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was backed by respondents with 51 percent indicating they approved of his handling of the crisis. Forty-two percent indicated they approved of Sen. John McCain's response to the financial fix, Gallup said.

The results of the survey were based on 1,021 interviews conducted Tuesday and carry a 3-percentage-point margin of error, Gallup said.