Toplines - Arizona Democratic Primary for Senate - July 21, 2010

Arizona Survey of 331 Likely Democratic Primary Voters

Conducted July 21, 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?
       51% Strongly approve
       27% Somewhat approve
         8% Somewhat disapprove
       14% Strongly disapprove
         0% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Jan Brewer has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?
       18% Strongly approve
       18% Somewhat approve
       15% Somewhat disapprove
       45% Strongly disapprove
         5% Not sure

3* Democratic Primary for the 2010 United States Senate

	June 16, 2010	July 21, 2010
John Dougherty	8%	7%
Rodney Glassman	12%	15%
Cathy Eden	11%	11%
Randy Parraz	9%	10%
Some Other Candidate	14%	10%
Not sure	46%	47%

 

4* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know You have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Candidate	Very favorable	Somewhat favorable	Somewhat unfavorable	Very unfavorable	Not sure
Glassman	7%	25%	13%	5%	50%
Eden	9%	26%	12%	3%	50%
Parraz	15%	18%	11%	4%	53%
Dougherty	6%	25%	11%	3%	54%

 

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?

 

19% Strongly favor

14% Somewhat favor

10% Somewhat oppose

53% Strongly oppose

  5% Not sure

 

6* Do you favor or oppose the state’s new immigration law?

 

       36% Favor
        57% Oppose
         7% Not sure

 

7* The U.S. Justice Department has decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court? Do you agree or disagree with the decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law?

 

61% Agree
34% Disagree
  5% Not sure

 

8* Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats, criminals and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal for immigration policy? 

56% Agree
27% Disagree
17% Not sure

 

9* Is President Obama sending too many or not enough U.S. troops to Arizona's border with Mexico, or are the number of troops about right?

 

11% Too many troops

51% Not enough troops

27% The number of troops is about right

11% Not sure

 

10* Has the new immigration law affected Arizona’s image positively or negatively?

 

18% Positively
74% Negatively
  3% No impact

  5% Not sure

 

11* Will the new immigration legislation be good or bad for the Arizona economy?

 

22% Good

64% Bad

  4% No impact

  9% Not sure

 

12* Have you ever voted for an independent candidate not affiliated with either major party?

55% Yes

40% No

  5% Not sure 

 

13* Are you more likely or less likely to vote for an independent candidate in this election than in past elections?

 

23% More likely

50% Less likely

18% About the same

10% Not sure

 

14* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
         1% Excellent

         2% Good

       44% Fair

       52% Poor

         1% Not sure

15* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

       46% Better

       30% Worse

       20% Staying the same

         4% Not sure

 

 NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 5.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence