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Toplines - 2010 New Hampshire Governor - May 26, 2010

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New   Hampshire

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 26, 2010

 

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?

      

       31% Strongly approve

       14% Somewhat approve

         9% Somewhat disapprove

       45% Strongly disapprove

         0% Not sure

 

2* How would you rate the job John Lynch has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

      

       20% Strongly approve

       31% Somewhat approve

       27% Somewhat disapprove

       20% Strongly disapprove

         1% Not sure

 

3* 2010 New Hampshire Governor’s Race

                                                           
 

 

 
 

May 26, 2010

 
 

March 8, 2010

 
 

January 12, 2010

 
 

Jack   Kimball (R)

 
 

31%

 
 

32%

 
 

32%

 
 

John   Lynch (D)

 
 

50%

 
 

51%

 
 

51%

 
 

Some   other candidate

 
 

6%

 
 

3%

 
 

4%

 
 

Not   sure

 
 

13%

 
 

13%

 
 

12%

 

 

                                                           
 

 

 
 

May 26, 2010

 
 

March 8, 2010

 
 

January 12, 2010

 
 

Karen   Testerman (R)

 
 

32%

 
 

28%

 
 

30%

 
 

John   Lynch (D)

 
 

51%

 
 

54%

 
 

53%

 
 

Some   other candidate

 
 

6%

 
 

5%

 
 

5%

 
 

Not   sure

 
 

11%

 
 

14%

 
 

12%

 

 

                                                 
 

 

 
 

May 26, 2010

 
 

March 8, 2010

 
 

John   Stephen (R)

 
 

35%

 
 

35%

 
 

John   Lynch (D)

 
 

47%

 
 

50%

 
 

Some   other candidate

 
 

4%

 
 

2%

 
 

Not   sure

 
 

14%

 
 

14%

 

 

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 NH Governor’s Race

 
 

Very   Favorable

 
 

Somewhat   Favorable

 
 

Somewhat   Unfavorable

 
 

Very   Unfavorable

 
 

Not   sure

 
 

Lynch

 
 

25%

 
 

28%

 
 

24%

 
 

19%

 
 

4%

 
 

Testerman

 
 

5%

 
 

26%

 
 

14%

 
 

8%

 
 

47%

 
 

Kimball

 
 

3%

 
 

28%

 
 

14%

 
 

7%

 
 

49%

 
 

Stephen

 
 

10%

 
 

26%

 
 

17%

 
 

8%

 
 

39%

 

 

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?

 

45% Strongly favor

  6% Somewhat favor

10% Somewhat oppose

34% Strongly oppose

  4% Not sure

 

6* How closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in Arizona?

 

57% Very closely
30% Somewhat closely
10% Not very closely
  3% Not at all
  1% Not sure

 

7* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?


58% Favor

29% Oppose
14% Not sure

 

8* Suppose a police officer stops someone for a traffic violation or a violation of some other law. If the police officer suspects that the person they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the officer be required to check their immigration status?

 

68% Yes
22% No
10% Not sure

 

9* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?

 

12% Very favorable

15% Somewhat favorable

17% Somewhat unfavorable

16% Very unfavorable

39% Not sure

 

10* The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?

 

41% Yes

33% No

26% Not sure

 

11* How confident are you that Congress knows what it's doing when it comes to addressing the country’s current economic problems?

  3% Very confident
16% Somewhat confident
32% Not very confident
46% Not at all confident
  2% Not sure

12* How confident are you that your representatives in Congress are actually representing your best interests?

  9% Very confident
19% Somewhat confident
31% Not very confident
38% Not at all confident
  3% Not sure

13* Would a group of people selected at random from the phone book do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress?

40% Yes
39% No
20% Not sure

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