Questions - Illinois Senate - October 11, 2010
Illinois Survey of 750 Likely
Voters
Conducted October 11, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* If the
2010 election for United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican
Mark Kirk, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias or Green Party
Candidate LeAlan Jones? (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.)
43% Kirk (R)
44% Giannoulias (D)
4% Jones
7% Some other candidate
2% Not
sure
2* 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.
Kirk
Giannoulias
Jones
3*Do President
Obama’s visits to Illinois to campaign for Alexi Giannoulias
make you more likely or less likely to vote for Giannoulias?
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*
Tax cuts implemented
during the Bush administration are scheduled to expire soon. If the Bush
Administration tax cuts are allowed to expire, will that help the economy, hurt
the economy, or have no impact on the economy?
6* Should
the Bush Administration tax cuts be extended or should the tax cuts end this
year?
7* Suppose you had a choice between extending
the Bush Administration tax cuts for all Americans or extending the Bush
Administration tax cuts for everyone except the wealthy. Which would you
prefer?
8* Do
you know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
9* Is the job market better than it was
a year ago, worse than it was a year ago or about the same?
10* Last year, Congress and the president enacted a $787
billion economic stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped
the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?
11* In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries
you more….that the federal government will do too much or that the federal
government will not do enough?
12* Do you
consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
