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Toplines - Arkansas Governor - May 19, 2010

Daily Snapshot

Arkansas State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted May 19, 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?

19% Strongly approve
13% Somewhat approve
10% Somewhat disapprove
57% Strongly disapprove
  1% Not sure

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

27 Strongly approve
45% Somewhat approve
15% Somewhat disapprove
13% Strongly disapprove
  1% Not sure

3* 2010 Arkansas Governor’s Race

 

Jim Keet (R)

38%

Mike Beebe (D)

53%

Some other candidate

1%

Not sure

7%

 

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 AR Governor’s Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Keet

10%

37%

18%

9%

26%

Beebe

30%

38%

19%

12%

1%

 

5* How closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in Arizona?

 

52% Very closely
31% Somewhat closely

12% Not very closely

  3% Not at all
  1% 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?

 

63% Favor

25% Oppose
12% Not sure

 

7* Suppose a police officer stops someone for a traffic violation or a violation of some other law. If the police officer suspects that the person they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the officer be required to check their immigration status?

 

81% Yes
11% No
  8% Not sure

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