Toplines - Alabama Governor - July 22, 2010
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Alabama
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 22, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How would you
rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President… do you strongly approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?
28%
Strongly approve
11% Somewhat approve
6% Somewhat disapprove
54% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you
rate the job Bob Riley has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
21%
Strongly approve
36% Somewhat approve
18% Somewhat disapprove
24% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Alabama
Governor’s Race
|
|
Robert Bentley (R) |
Ron Sparks (D) |
Some Other
Candidate |
Not Sure |
|
July
22, 2010 |
55% |
35% |
3% |
7% |
|
June
3, 2010 |
56% |
37% |
2% |
4% |
|
May
25, 2010 |
44% |
31% |
13% |
11% |
4*
I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let
me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable,
or very unfavorable impression.
|
Candidate
for the AL Governor’s Race |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Bentley |
32% |
36% |
12% |
7% |
13% |
|
Sparks |
19% |
24% |
18% |
21% |
18% |
5* A proposal has
been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into effect. Do
you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a
proposal to repeal the health care bill?
61% Strongly favor
8% Somewhat favor
6% Somewhat oppose
20% Strongly oppose
5% Not sure
6*
Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state.
Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?
69%
Favor
18% Oppose
14% Not sure
7*
The U.S. Justice Department has decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s
new immigration law in federal court. Do you agree or disagree with the
decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law?
25%
Agree
58% Disagree
16% Not sure
8*
Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out
national security threats, criminals and those who would come here to live off
our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree
or disagree with that goal for immigration policy?
65%
Agree
18% Disagree
17% Not sure
9*Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?
65%
Yes
14%
No
21%
Not sure
10*
Should deepwater oil drilling be allowed?
59% Yes
21% No
20% Not Sure
11* Last year, Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic
stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt
the economy or had no impact on the economy?
26%
Helped
41% Hurt
23% No impact
10% Not sure
12* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S.
economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
2% Excellent
7% Good
39% Fair
51% Poor
2% Not sure
13* Are economic conditions in the country getting
better or worse?
27% Better
51% Worse
19% Staying the same
3% Not sure
14* Is the United States currently in a
recession?
64% Yes
15% No
20% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
