Toplines - 2010 Idaho Governor Election - July 15, 2010

Idaho Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 15, 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?

       18% Strongly approve
       14% Somewhat approve
         7% Somewhat disapprove
       61% Strongly disapprove
         0% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job C.L. "Butch" Otter has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

17% Strongly approve
39% Somewhat approve

21% Somewhat disapprove
20% Strongly disapprove
  4% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Idaho Governor’s Race

 

 

	C.L. “Butch” Otter (R)	Keith Allred (D)	Some other candidate	Not sure
July 15, 2010	53%	36%	4%	7%
May 11, 2010	54%	32%	5%	9%
March 23, 2010	60%	28%	3%	9%

 

 

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 ID Governor’s Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Otter	22%	33%	20%	20%	5%
Allred	10%	29%	22%	10%	29%

 

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?

 

59% Strongly favor

  8% Somewhat favor

  6% Somewhat oppose

25% Strongly oppose

  2% 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
24% Oppose
  7% 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
70% Disagree
  5% 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?

 

66% Agree
23% Disagree
11% Not sure

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?

23% Helped
49% Hurt
21% No impact
  7% Not sure

10* Did the new government spending in the stimulus package create new jobs?

21% Yes
65% No
14% Not sure

11* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or increasing government spending?

 

69% Cutting taxes
14% Increasing government spending
17% Not sure

 

12* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

  0% Excellent

  2% Good
37% Fair
59% Poor

  0% Not sure

13* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

22% Better

54% Worse
20% Staying the same
  4% Not sure

14* Is the United States currently in a recession?

77% Yes
10% No
13% Not sure

 

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