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Arizona State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted September 7, 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?

 

   24% Strongly approve

   15% Somewhat approve

     5% Somewhat disapprove

   54% Strongly disapprove

     1% Not sure

 

2* How would you rate the job Jan Brewer has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?

 

   34% Strongly approve

   30% Somewhat approve

     6% Somewhat disapprove

   30% Strongly disapprove

     0% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Arizona Governor’s Race

 

 

Jan Brewer (R)

Terry Goddard (D)

Some other candidate

Not sure

September 7, 2010

60%

38%

1%

1%

August 25, 2010

57%

38%

3%

3%

July 21, 2010

56%

37%

2%

5%

June 29, 2010

53%

35%

2%

9%

May 17, 2010

52%

39%

7%

3%

April 27, 2010

48%

40%

7%

5%

April 14, 2010

44%

40%

9%

6%

March 16, 2010

36%

45%

12%

7%

 

 

4* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know You have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

 

Candidate for Governor’s Race

Very favorable

Somewhat favorable

Somewhat unfavorable

Very unfavorable

Not sure

Brewer

  31%

31%

9%

28%

1%

Goddard

23%

17%

23%

31%

6%

 

 

6* How closely have you followed recent news stories about Jan Brewers performance in the recent Governor Debate?

 

  47% Very closely

  38% Somewhat closely
  11% Not very closely

    3% Not at all

    2% Not sure

 

7* In terms of how you will vote in the upcoming election, how important was Brewer’s performance in the debate?

 

  22% Very important
  26% Somewhat important
  34% Not very important

  17% Not at all important

    2% Not sure

8* How angry are you at the current policies of the federal government?

   53% Very angry
   14% Somewhat angry
   22% Not very angry
     9% Not at all angry
     2% Not sure

9* Would you agree or disagree with the following statement - Neither Republican political leaders nor Democratic political leaders have a good understanding of what is needed today?

   60% Agree
   31% Disagree
     9% Not sure

10* Do you know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?

 

   83% Yes
   12% No
     4% Not sure


11* Is the job market better than it was a year ago, worse than it was a year ago or about the same?

 

   10% Better
   49% Worse
   39% About the same
     2% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence