Questions - Maine Governor - October 12, 2010
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Conducted October 12, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* If the 2010 Election for Governor of Maine were held
today would you vote for Republican Paul LePage , Democrat Libby Mitchell or
Independent Eliot Cutler? (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.)
35% Paul
LePage
32% Libby
Mitchell
21% Eliot
Cutler
6% Some
Other Candidate
6% 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.
LePage
Mitchell
Cutler
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* The health care plan passed by
Congress requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance. Do you
Strongly Favor, Somewhat Favor, Somewhat Oppose, or Strongly Oppose a federal
law that requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance?
5* Should individual states have the right to opt out of the entire
national health care plan?
6* Do the
policies and practices of the federal government encourage people to enter the
United States illegally?
7* 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?
8* When it
comes to determining how you will vote this November, how important is the
issue of immigration?
9* Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good,
fair, or poor?
10* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
11* 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?
12* 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?
13* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
14* 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?
15* How would you rate the job John Baldacci has been doing
as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence