Toplines - South Carolina Governor - August 25, 2010
South Carolina State Survey of 500
Likely Voters
Conducted August 25, 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
8% Somewhat approve
6% Somewhat
disapprove
54% Strongly disapprove
1% 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?
11%
Strongly approve
36% Somewhat approve
23% Somewhat disapprove
28% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
|
Date |
Nikki
Haley (R) |
Vincent Sheheen (D) |
Some
other candidate |
Not sure |
|
August
25, 2010 |
52% |
36% |
3% |
10% |
|
July 29,
2010 |
49% |
35% |
4% |
12% |
|
June 23,
2010 |
52% |
40% |
3% |
5% |
|
June 10,
2010 |
55% |
34% |
5% |
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 SC Governor’s Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Haley |
30% |
34% |
12% |
13% |
11% |
|
Sheheen |
18% |
26% |
24% |
11% |
22% |
5* Now I’m
going to read you a short list of names. In political terms please tell
me whether that person is very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate,
somewhat liberal or very liberal.
|
|
Very Conservative |
Somewhat Conservative |
Moderate |
Somewhat Liberal |
Very Liberal |
Not Sure |
|
Haley |
35% |
40% |
7% |
3% |
5% |
11% |
|
Sheheen |
8% |
11% |
26% |
21% |
12% |
22% |
6* Would it be more accurate to describe Nikki Haley’s views as
mainstream or extreme?
54% Mainstream
24% Extreme
22% Not sure
7* Would it be more accurate to describe Vincent Sheheen’s views as mainstream or extreme?
36% Mainstream
30% Extreme
34% Not sure
8* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?
9% Excellent
29% Good
38% Fair
19% Poor
6% Not sure
9* Are your personal finances getting better these days, or worse?
15% Better
52% Worse
31% About the same
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
