Questions - South Dakota House - October 4, 2010
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South Dakota State
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 4, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
If the 2010 election for the United State House of Representatives were held
today would you vote for Republican Kristi Noem or
Democrat Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin?
47%
Noem
44% Herseth Sandlin
6% Some other
candidate
3% Not sure
2*
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.
3* Do you
consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
4* Have the
current policies of the federal government put the U.S. economy on the right
course?
5* Some people say the nation’s current economic problems are
due to the recession which began under the Bush Administration. Others say the
problems are being caused more by the policies President Obama has put in place
since taking office. Which point of view comes closest to your own?
6* Last year,
Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So
far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had
no impact on the economy?
7* In reacting to
the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more….that the federal
government will do too much or that the federal government will not do enough?
8*
Do the policies and practices of the federal government encourage people to
enter the United States illegally?
9*
Which is the better approach to dealing with illegal immigration—allowing
individual states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws or relying
upon the federal government to enforce immigration laws?
10*
When it comes to determining how you will vote this November, how important is
the issue of immigration?
11* 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?
12* 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?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence