Toplines - Rhode Island Governor - May 27, 2010
Rhode Island State Survey of 500
Likely Voters
Conducted May 27, 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?
33% Strongly
approve
22% Somewhat approve
12% Somewhat disapprove
31% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Don Carcieri has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job she’s been doing?
17% Strongly
approve
32% Somewhat approve
23% Somewhat disapprove
25% Strongly disapprove
3% Not sure
3* 2010 Rhode Island Governor Race
|
May 27, 2010 |
April 21, 2010 |
Mar 25, 2010 |
Feb 25, 2010 |
John Robitaille (R) |
29% |
26% |
26% |
22% |
Patrick
Lynch (D) |
19% |
24% |
22% |
24% |
|
37% |
35% |
37% |
38% |
Not sure |
15% |
15% |
15% |
16% |
|
May 27, 2010 |
April 21, 2010 |
Mar 25, 2010 |
Feb 25, 2010 |
John Robitaille (R) |
25% |
21% |
22% |
19% |
Frank Caprio (D) |
32% |
33% |
28% |
27% |
|
35% |
33% |
39% |
37% |
Not sure |
9% |
13% |
11% |
17% |
|
May 27, 2010 |
Victor
Moffitt (R) |
28% |
John
Lynch (D) |
24% |
|
35% |
Not sure |
13% |
|
May 27, 2010 |
Victor
Moffitt (R) |
22% |
Frank Caprio (D) |
35% |
|
33% |
Not sure |
10% |
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 RI Governor’s Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Robitaille |
6% |
30% |
22% |
6% |
36% |
Caprio |
16% |
45% |
19% |
6% |
14% |
Chafee |
27% |
26% |
13% |
26% |
7% |
Moffitt |
5% |
26% |
22% |
9% |
38% |
Lynch |
14% |
22% |
25% |
28% |
11% |
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?
35% Strongly
favor
12% Somewhat favor
11% Somewhat oppose
39% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
6* How
closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in
Arizona?
54% Very
closely
30% Somewhat closely
12% Not
very closely
3% Not at all
2% 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?
50% Favor
38% Oppose
12% 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?
64% Yes
27% No
9% Not sure
9* Do you
have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
17% Very
favorable
19% Somewhat favorable
20% Somewhat unfavorable
14% Very unfavorable
30% 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?
45% Yes
27% No
29% 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
19% Somewhat confident
40% Not very confident
35% Not at all confident
3% Not sure
12* How confident are you that your representatives in
Congress are actually representing your best interests?
8% Very confident
27% Somewhat confident
31% Not very confident
32% Not at all confident
2% 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?
37% Yes
44% No
18% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence