Questions - Connecticut Governor - October 14, 2010
Connecticut
State Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted October 14, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1% If the 2010 election for Connecticut’s next Governor were
held today, would you vote for Republican Tom Foley or Democrat Dan Malloy?
(Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidate
names, so while half will hear the Republican candidate first, the other half
hears the Democrat mentioned first.)
45% Foley
49% Malloy
1% Some other
candidate
5% Not Sure
2* 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.
Foley
Malloy
3* 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?
4* Are
most political debates informative or useless?
5* Which is more important in
determining the outcome of most elections – a candidate’s political positions
or how much money a candidate has to spend?
6* Is
it possible for a candidate to win an election without criticizing his
opponent?
7* Is it a negative ad when one candidate accurately describes
the position of another candidate?
8* Do
you know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
9* Is the job market better than it was
a year ago, worse than it was a year ago or about the same?
10* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
11* 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?
12* How would you rate the job Jodi
Rell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job she’s been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of
confidence