Toplines - Alabama Senate - May 25, 2010
Alabama Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted May 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?
28%
Strongly approve
12% Somewhat approve
10% Somewhat disapprove
49% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Bob Riley has been doing as Governor…
do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly
disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
22% Strongly approve
35% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
20% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Alabama Senate Race
|
May 25, 2010 |
March 29, 2010 |
Richard
Shelby (R) |
58% |
59% |
William
Barnes (D) |
31% |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
3% |
3% |
Not sure |
8% |
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 AL Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Shelby |
30% |
37% |
13% |
9% |
11% |
Barnes |
6% |
23% |
20% |
7% |
44% |
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?
55% Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
5% Somewhat oppose
23% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
6* Do you
have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
8%Very favorable
19% Somewhat favorable
20% Somewhat unfavorable
15% Very unfavorable
38% 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?
26% Yes
44% No
30% 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?
5% Very confident
15% Somewhat confident
36% Not very confident
42% Not at all confident
2% Not sure
9* How confident are you that your representatives in
Congress are actually representing your best interests?
9% Very confident
31% Somewhat confident
35% Not very confident
24% 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?
41% Yes
40% No
19% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence`