Questions - Pennsylvania Governor - October 21, 2010

Pennsylvania Survey of 750 Likely Voters

Conducted October 21, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the 2010 Election for Governor of Pennsylvania were held today would you vote for Republican Tom Corbett or Democrat Dan Onorato? (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.)

50% Tom Corbett (R)

45% Dan Onorato (D)

  2% Some Other Candidate

  3% 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.

Tom Corbett

Dan Onorato

3* I’m now going to read you a short list of issues.  For each issue please tell me which senatorial candidate you trust more to handle that issue.

Economy/Jobs

Taxes

Government Spending

4* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

5* 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?

6* How would you rate the job Ed Rendell 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 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence