Toplines - South Dakota House of Representatives Election - May 27, 2010
South Dakota General
Election
Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
May 27, 2010
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?
27%
Strongly approve
16%
Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat
disapprove
47%
Strongly disapprove
0% 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?
20%
Strongly approve
42%
Somewhat approve
20%
Somewhat disapprove
15%
Strongly disapprove
3% Not sure
3* 2010 Election for United States House of
Representatives
|
|
May 27, 2010 |
Mar 25, 2010 |
Feb 23, 2010 |
|
Chris
Nelson (R) |
43% |
42% |
38% |
|
Stephanie
Herseth Sandlin (D) |
47% |
44% |
45% |
|
Some
other candidate |
4% |
6% |
6% |
|
Not
sure |
6% |
9% |
11% |
|
|
May 27, 2010 |
Mar 25, 2010 |
Feb 23, 2010 |
|
Kristi
Noem (R) |
43% |
35% |
34% |
|
Stephanie
Herseth Sandlin (D) |
46% |
46% |
49% |
|
Some
other candidate |
3% |
8% |
4% |
|
Not
sure |
8% |
10% |
13% |
|
|
May 27, 2010 |
Mar 25, 2010 |
Feb 23, 2010 |
|
Blake
Curd (R) |
41% |
33% |
33% |
|
Stephanie
Herseth Sandlin (D) |
48% |
45% |
51% |
|
Some
other candidate |
4% |
8% |
5% |
|
Not
sure |
8% |
14% |
12% |
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 House Race |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Nelson |
11% |
43% |
18% |
10% |
18% |
|
Herseth Sandlin |
23% |
36% |
25% |
14% |
2% |
|
Noem |
19% |
30% |
17% |
15% |
19% |
|
Curd |
11% |
31% |
19% |
18% |
22% |
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?
51% Strongly favor
8% Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
29% Strongly oppose
3% Not
sure
6*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
9% Very
favorable
18% Somewhat
favorable
20% Somewhat
unfavorable
21% Very unfavorable
32% Not sure
7*
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?
35% Yes
42% No
23% Not sure
8* How confident are you that Congress knows
what it's doing when it comes to addressing the country’s current economic
problems?
4% Very confident
18% Somewhat confident
32% Not very confident
44% Not at all confident
2% Not sure
9* How confident are you that your
representatives in Congress are actually representing your best interests?
8% Very confident
31% Somewhat confident
33% Not very confident
25% Not at all confident
2% Not sure
10* 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?
44%
Yes
40% No
16% Not sure
11*
Is the United States of America the last best hope of
mankind?
46% Yes
23% No
31% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
