Toplines - 2010 Indiana Senate - February 16-17, 2010
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Indiana State Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted February 16-17, 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?
19%
Strongly approve
25% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
43% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Mitch
Daniels has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
36% Strongly approve
34% Somewhat approve
15% Somewhat disapprove
12% Strongly disapprove
3% Not sure
3* 2010
Indiana Senate Race
Dan
Coats (R) |
48% |
Baron
Hill (D) |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
14% |
John
Hostettler (R) |
49% |
Baron
Hill (D) |
31% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
15% |
Marlin Stutzman (R) |
41% |
Baron
Hill (D) |
33% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
19% |
Dan
Coats (R) |
46% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
15% |
John
Hostettler (R) |
46% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
27% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
19% |
Marlin Stutzman (R) |
40% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
30% |
Some
other candidate |
9% |
Not sure |
21% |
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 IN Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Coats |
16% |
38% |
18% |
9% |
19% |
Hill |
8% |
31% |
18% |
17% |
26% |
Stutzman |
8% |
27% |
19% |
6% |
40% |
Hostettler |
13% |
35% |
16% |
6% |
31% |
Ellsworth |
10% |
25% |
21% |
8% |
36% |
5* How
would you rate your own personal finances these days?
7% Excellent
32% Good
39% Fair
17% Poor
4% Not sure
6* Are your personal finances getting better
these days, or worse?
18% Better
43% Worse
35% About the same
5% Not sure
7* Who is winning the War on
Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
50% United States and its allies
17% Terrorists
23% Neither
10% Not Sure
8* Is the United States today safer than it was before the 9/11
terrorist attacks?
40% Yes
40% No
20% Not sure
9* How
angry are you at the current policies of the federal government?
42% Very angry
28% Somewhat angry
16% Not very angry
7% Not at all angry
7% Not sure
10* Would you agree or disagree with
the following statement? Neither Republican political leaders nor Democratic
political leaders have a good understanding of what is needed today?
63% Agree
23% Disagree
14% Not sure
11* Should states have the right to opt out of federal
government programs that they don’t agree with?
52% Yes
21% No
27% Not sure
12* Generally
speaking, when it comes to important national issues, whose judgment do you
trust more—the American people or America’s political leaders?
73% The
American people
11%
America’s political leaders
16% Not sure
13* Some people believe that the federal
government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its
own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special
interest group?
72% Yes
14% No
14% Not
sure
14* Do
government and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers and
investors?
71% Yes
11% No
18% Not
sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence