South Carolina State Survey of 404 Likely Democratic Primary Voters
Conducted May 17, 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?

    72% Strongly approve

    15% Somewhat approve

      5% Somewhat disapprove

      8% Strongly disapprove

      0% Not sure

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

      8% Strongly approve

    16% Somewhat approve

    20% Somewhat disapprove

    52% Strongly disapprove

      4% Not sure

3* 2010 South Carolina Democratic Primary for Governor

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.

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?

23% Strongly favor
  7% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
53% Strongly oppose
  6% Not sure

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

35% Very closely
31% Somewhat closely

21% Not very closely

  9% Not at all
  4% 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?

26% Favor

47% Oppose
27% 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?

54% Yes
33% No
13% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence