Toplines - Oklahoma Governor - July 28, 2010

Oklahoma State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 28, 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?

       20% Strongly approve
       16% Somewhat approve
       10% Somewhat disapprove
       55% Strongly disapprove
        0% Not sure

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

       23% Strongly approve
       36% Somewhat approve
       21% Somewhat disapprove
       16% Strongly disapprove
        4% Not sure

3* 2010 Oklahoma Governor’s Race

 

	Mary Fallin (R)	Jari Askins (D)	Some Other Candidate	Not Sure
July 28, 2010	57%	36%	2%	5%
June 30, 2010	55%	32%	7%	7%
February 24, 2010	51%	37%	6%	6%

 

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 OK Governor’s Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Fallin	24%	43%	18%	8%	6%
Askins	24%	32%	23%	12%	9%

 

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?

 

58% Strongly favor

  9% Somewhat favor

  7% Somewhat oppose

21% Strongly oppose

         5% 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?

73% Favor
19% Oppose
  8% 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?

 

24% Agree
67% Disagree
  9% 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?

 

66% Agree
26% Disagree
  9% Not sure

 

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

 

 1% Excellent

  5% Good

37% Fair

56% Poor

  0% Not sure

 

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

 

23% Better

51% Worse

22% Staying the same

  3% Not sure

5* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

         6% Excellent
       28% Good
       45% Fair

       18% Poor

         3% Not sure

 

6* Are your personal finances getting better these days, or worse?

       20% Better
       44% Worse
       34% About the same
         2% Not sure

 

14* Is the United States currently in a recession?

75% Yes
11% No
14% Not sure

 

9* 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?

 

20% Helped
45% Hurt
29% No impact
  6% Not sure

 

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