Toplines - New York Governor - July 20, 2010

New York State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 20, 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?

       31% Strongly approve
       22% Somewhat approve
       11% Somewhat disapprove
       34% Strongly disapprove
        2% Not sure

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

         9% Strongly approve
       33% Somewhat approve
       28% Somewhat disapprove
       27% Strongly disapprove
        4% Not sure

3* 2010 New York Governor’s Race

 

	Rick Lazio (R)	Andrew Cuomo (D)	Some Other Candidate	Not Sure
July 20, 2010	27%	58%	6%	9%
June 24, 2010	28%	55%	4%	13%
April 27, 2010	24%	56%	6%	14%
March 29, 2010	29%	52%	6%	13%
March 1, 2010	30%	55%	5%	10%

 

	Carl Paladino (R)	Andrew Cuomo (D)	Some Other Candidate	Not Sure
July 20, 2010	29%	58%	5%	8%
June 24, 2010	25%	55%	6%	13%
April 27, 2010	25%	55%	5%	15%
March 29, 2010	28%	51%	6%	15%
March 1, 2010	27%	56%	6%	11%

 

 

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 NY Governor’s Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Paladino	10%	26%	26%	10%	28%
Lazio	7%	37%	26%	15%	15%
Cuomo	32%	32%	17%	16%	4%

 

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?

 

       41% Strongly favor
       15% Somewhat favor

       11% Somewhat oppose
       31% 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?

       47% Favor

       38% Oppose

       16% Not sure

 

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

  1% Excellent

  5% Good
38% Fair
54% Poor

  2% Not sure

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

27% Better

37% Worse
29% Staying the same
  7% Not sure

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