Toplines - 2010 Colorado Senate - January 13, 2010

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Colorado Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted January 13, 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?

32% Strongly approve
15% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat disapprove
43% Strongly disapprove
1% 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?

16% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
27% Somewhat disapprove
28% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure

3* 2009 Colorado Senate Race

Jane Norton (R)	47%
Andrew Romanoff (D)	35%
Some other candidate	5%
Not sure	14%

Jane Norton (R)	49%
Michael Bennet (D)	37%
Some other candidate	3%
Not sure	11%

Tom Wiens (R)	44%
Andrew Romanoff (D)	39%
Some other candidate	4%
Not sure	14%

Tom Wiens (R)	44%
Michael Bennet (D)	38%
Some other candidate	4%
Not sure	14%

Ken Buck (R)	40%
Andrew Romanoff (D)	39%
Some other candidate	5%
Not sure	16%

Ken Buck (R)	43%
Michael Bennet (D)	38%
Some other candidate	4%
Not sure	15%

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	7%	31%	12%	8%	42%
Bennet	12%	30%	15%	25%	19%
Romanoff	17%	23%	21%	15%	25%
Wiens	7%	29%	14%	10%	40%
Norton	23%	28%	9%	17%	22%

12* 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?

19% Strongly favor
22% Somewhat favor

6% Somewhat oppose

47% Strongly oppose
5% Not sure

13* How likely is it that there will be another terrorist attack in the United States in the next year?

34% Very likely
36% Somewhat likely
16% Not very likely
6% Not at all likely
8% Not sure

14* Should the December attempt to blow up an airliner as it was landing in Detroit be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act or by civilian authorities as a criminal act?

64% By the military as a terrorist act
21% By civilian authorities as a criminal act
15% Not sure

15* How do you rate the way that the government responded to the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

10% Excellent
27% Good
21% Fair
37% Poor
5% Not sure

16* Do you favor or oppose the use of full-body scanners at airports in the United States?

68% Favor
19% Oppose
13% Not sure

17* Is the United States today safer than it was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

41% Yes
44% No
15% Not sure

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

0% Excellent
4% Good
43% Fair
52% Poor
0% Not sure

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

31% Better
34% Worse
27% Staying the same
9% Not sure

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