Toplines - Kansas Governor - August 4, 2010
Kansas
State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted August 4, 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?
22% Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
14% Somewhat disapprove
49% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Mark
Parkinson has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?
21% Strongly approve
37% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
12% Strongly disapprove
9% Not sure
3* 2010 Kansas Governor Race
|
Date |
Sam
Brownback (R) |
Tom
Holland (D) |
Some
other candidate |
Not sure |
|
August 4, 2010 |
57% |
34% |
2% |
6% |
|
June 30, 2010 |
59% |
31% |
4% |
5% |
|
May 11, 2010 |
58% |
27% |
7% |
8% |
|
February 24, 2010 |
55% |
33% |
4% |
8% |
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 KS Governor’s Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Brownback |
31% |
26% |
18% |
20% |
5% |
|
Holland |
5% |
31% |
24% |
7% |
33% |
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?
54%
Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
23% Strongly oppose
3% 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
23% Oppose
9% 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?
28% Agree
64% Disagree
8% 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?
59% Agree
31% Disagree
10% Not sure
9* 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?
55%
Allowing individual states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws
37%
Relying upon the federal government to enforce immigration laws
8% Not sure
10* Tax cuts implemented during the Bush administration are scheduled to expire soon. If the Bush Administration tax cuts are allowed to expire, will that help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?
18% Help
55% Hurt
12% No impact
15% Not sure
11* Should the Bush
Administration tax cuts be extended or should the tax cuts end this year?
60% The tax cuts should be extended
25% The tax cuts should end this year
16% Not sure
12* Suppose you had a choice between extending
the Bush Administration tax cuts for all Americans or extending the Bush
Administration tax cuts for everyone except the wealthy. Which would you
prefer?
52% Extending the Bush Administration tax cuts
for all Americans
37% Extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone
except the wealthy
11% Not sure
13* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these
days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
1% Excellent
5% Good
42% Fair
51% Poor
1% Not sure
14* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or
worse?
28% Better
47% Worse
19% Staying the same
5% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
