Toplines - 2010 Indiana Senate - July 8, 2010

Indiana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 7-8, 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?

       20% Strongly approve
       23% Somewhat approve
       11% Somewhat disapprove
       45% Strongly disapprove
         1% 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?

27% Strongly approve
39% Somewhat approve
18% Somewhat disapprove

13% Strongly disapprove
  3% Not sure

3* 2010 Indiana Senate Race

 

 

                                                                                         

	July 7-8, 2010	June 2-3. 2010	May 5-6. 2010	April 13-14, 2010	March 17-18, 2010	February 16-17,   2010
Dan   Coats (R)	51%	47%	51%	54%	49%	46%
Brad   Ellsworth (D)	30%	33%	36%	33%	34%	32%
Some   other candidate	6%	7%	6%	5%	6%	7%
Not   sure	12%	14%	8%	9%	12%	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 IN Senate Race	Very   Favorable	Somewhat   Favorable	Somewhat   Unfavorable	Very   Unfavorable	Not   sure
Coats	13%	47%	14%	8%	18%
Ellsworth	10%	32%	20%	9%	28%

 

5* A proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into affect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

      

       49% Strongly favor
       10% Somewhat favor
       14% Somewhat oppose
       21% Strongly oppose

         5% Not sure

 6* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?

61% Favor

25% Oppose

14% Not sure

 

7* The U.S. Justice Department has decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law?

 

       28% Agree
       57% Disagree
       14% Not sure

 

8* Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats, criminals and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal for immigration policy?

 

       63% Agree
       24% Disagree
       13% Not sure

 

9* 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?

       28% Helped
       38% Hurt
       27% No impact
         7% Not sure

10* Did the new government spending in the stimulus package create new jobs?

       26% Yes
       56% No
       18% Not sure

11* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or increasing government spending?

 

       67% Cutting taxes
       14% Increasing government spending
       19% Not sure

 

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

         1% Excellent

        8% Good
       41% Fair
       49% Poor

        1% Not sure

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

       24% Better

       48% Worse
       23% Staying the same
       5% Not sure

14* Is the United States currently in a recession?

       68% Yes
       16% No
       16% Not sure

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