Questions - Nebraska Governor - October 7, 2010
Nebraska State Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted October 7, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* 2010 Nebraska Governor’s Race
66% Dave Heineman (R)
24% Mike Meister (D)
3% 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.
Dave
Heineman
Mike
Meister
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 Dave
Heineman 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