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Toplines - South Dakota Governor - June 10, 2010

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South Dakota State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 10, 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?

22% Strongly approve
17% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
46% Strongly disapprove
  1% Not sure

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

19% Strongly approve
45% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
13% Strongly disapprove
  1% Not sure

3* 2010 South Dakota Governor’s Race

 

 

June 10, 2010

May 26, 2010

April 21, 2010

March 25, 2010

Dennis Daugaard (R)

52%

51%

53%

49%

Scott Heidepriem (D)

36%

36%

33%

32%

Some other candidate

3%

7%

5%

6%

Not sure

9%

6%

9%

13%

 

 

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 SD Governor’s Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Daugaard

27%

46%

14%

7%

6%

Heidepriem

15%

36%

24%

12%

12%

 

 5* Should the U.S. military be used along the border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigration?

 

       78% Yes
       12% No
       10% Not sure

 

6* Should the U.S. Justice Department challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court?

 

        19% Yes
    65% No
    16% Not sure

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