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Toplines - 2010 Colorado Senate - December 8, 2009

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Colorado Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted December 8, 2009
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?

31% Strongly approve
19% Somewhat approve
6% Somewhat disapprove
43% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure

2* 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?

18% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
20% Somewhat disapprove
31% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure

3* 2009 Colorado Senate Race

Jane Norton (R)

45%

Andrew Romanoff (D)

34%

Some other candidate

7%

Not sure

15%

Jane Norton (R)

46%

Michael Bennet (D)

37%

Some other candidate

8%

Not sure

8%

Tom Wiens (R)

41%

Andrew Romanoff (D)

40%

Some other candidate

5%

Not sure

14%

Tom Wiens (R)

42%

Michael Bennet (D)

41%

Some other candidate

7%

Not sure

10%

Ken Buck (R)

41%

Andrew Romanoff (D)

39%

Some other candidate

6%

Not sure

14%

Ken Buck (R)

42%

Michael Bennet (D)

38%

Some other candidate

8%

Not sure

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 CO Senate Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Buck

6%

30%

17%

9%

38%

Bennet

16%

23%

18%

28%

15%

Romanoff

16%

28%

17%

18%

21%

Wiens

6%

31%

15%

15%

33%

Norton

23%

26%

16%

16%

20%

5* Generally speaking, do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the congressional Democrats?

25% Strongly favor
20% Somewhat favor

9% Somewhat oppose

46% Strongly oppose
1% Not sure

6* Overall, how would you rate President Obama’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

17% Excellent
22% Good
28% Fair
32% Poor
1% Not sure

7* Do you favor or oppose the President’s proposal to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?

64% Favor
22% Oppose
14% Not sure

8* Do you favor or oppose the President’s commitment to a timetable that would begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 18 months?

38% Favor
49% Oppose
13% Not sure

9* Overall, do you favor or oppose President Obama’s new plan for the war in Afghanistan?

40% Favor
35% Oppose
25% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence