Questions - Colorado Senate - October 14, 2010
Conducted October 14, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* If the
2010 Election for United States Senate were held today would you vote for
Republican Ken Buck or Democrat Michael Bennet? (Please note that we split the
survey to rotate the order of the candidate names, so while half will hear the
Republican candidate first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.)
47% Ken Buck
45% Michael Bennet
4% Some other candidate
4% 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.
Ken Buck
Michael
Bennet
3*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?
4* The health care plan passed by
Congress requires 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?
5* Should individual states have the right to opt out of the entire
national health care plan?
6* Are
most political debates informative or useless?
7* Which is more important in determining the outcome of most elections – a candidate’s political positions or how much money a candidate has to spend?
8* Is it possible for a
candidate to win an election without criticizing his opponent?
9* Is it a
negative ad when one candidate accurately describes the position of another
candidate?
10*
Do you know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
11* Is the job market better than it was a year ago, worse than
it was a year ago or about the same?
12* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
13* 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?
14* How would you rate the job Bill
Ritter has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence