Questions - California Governor - October 3, 2010
California State Survey of 750
Likely Voters
Conducted October 3, 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?
2* How would you rate the job
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
3* If the 2010 election for governor of California were
held today would you vote for Republican Meg Whitman or Democrat Jerry Brown?
44% Whitman
49% Brown
4% Some other candidate
4% Not sure
4* I’m
going to read you a short list of people [candidate’s name] in the News. For
each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.
Whitman
Brown
5* Do you consider yourself part of
the Tea Party Movement?
6* Is the Tea Party movement good or bad for
the country?
7* Have the current policies of the federal government put the U.S.
economy on the right course?
8* Some people say the nation’s current
economic problems are due to the recession which began under the Bush
Administration. Others say the problems are being caused more by the policies
President Obama has put in place since taking office. Which point of view comes
closest to your own?
9* 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?
10* In
reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more—that
the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not
do enough?
11* Do the
policies and practices of the federal government encourage people to enter the
United States illegally?
12* Which
is the better approach to dealing with illegal immigration—allowing individual
states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws or relying upon the
federal government to enforce immigration laws?
13* When
it comes to determining how you will vote this November, how important is the
issue of immigration?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence