Toplines - Utah Governor - April 8, 2010
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Utah
State Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted
April 8, 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?
19% Strongly approve
10% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
58% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How do you rate the way that
Gary Herbert has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?
18% Strongly approve
52% Somewhat approve
17% Somewhat disapprove
10% Strongly disapprove
4% Not sure
3* 2010 Utah Governor’s Race
|
Gary
Herbert (R) |
57% |
|
Peter Corroon (D) |
29% |
|
Some
other candidate |
4% |
|
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 UT Governor’s Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Herbert |
22% |
50% |
17% |
6% |
5% |
|
Corroon |
15% |
32% |
25% |
10% |
18% |
5*
Will the health care plan passed by Congress and signed into law by
President Obama be good for the country or bad for the country?
25% Good
67% Bad
1% No impact
7% Not sure
6* 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?
61% Strongly
favor
10% Somewhat favor
7% Somewhat oppose
20% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
7* The
health care plan passed by Congress would require every American to buy or
obtain health insurance. Do you Strongly Favor, Somewhat Favor, Somewhat
Oppose, or Strongly Oppose a federal law that requires every American to buy or
obtain health insurance?
16% Strongly
favor
13% Somewhat favor
14% Somewhat oppose
55% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
8*Some
people believe a federal law requiring every American to buy or obtain health
insurance is unconstitutional. Some states have announced that they will sue
the federal government to fight that requirement. Would you favor or oppose having your state sue
the federal government to prevent it from becoming law?
66% Favor
28% Oppose
6% Not sure
9* When
you think about the major issues facing the country, whose views are closest to
your own
President Barack Obama or the average tea party member?
25% President
Barack Obama
61% The average Tea Party member
14% Not sure
10* How concerned are you that
those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to violence?
20% Very concerned
22% Somewhat concerned
33% Not very concerned
22% Not at all concerned
3% Not sure
11*Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
1% Excellent
4% Good
41% Fair
53% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
33% Better
40% Worse
23% About the same
4% Not sure
13* Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?
74% Yes
11% No
15% Not sure
14* President Obama has
proposed allowing more offshore drilling in some areas.
However, drilling will not be permitted off the coasts
of
58% Yes
22% No
20% Not sure
15* Should
individual states have the right to ban drilling off their own coastlines?
48% Yes
28% No
24% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
