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Toplines - 2010 Iowa Senate - June 14, 2010

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 Iowa Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted June 14, 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?

      

28% Strongly approve

22% Somewhat approve

12% Somewhat disapprove

36% Strongly disapprove

  1% Not sure

 

2* How would you rate the job Chet Culver has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

      

14% Strongly approve

27% Somewhat approve

28% Somewhat disapprove

30% Strongly disapprove

  1% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Iowa Senate Race

 

 

June 14,2010

April 29, 2010

March 17, 2010

February 18, 2010

Charles Grassley (R)

54%

53%

55%

53%

Roxanne Conlin (D)

37%

40%

36%

36%

Some other candidate

2%

3%

4%

5%

Not sure

8%

4%

5%

6%

 

 

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 IA Senate Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Grassley

28%

40%

17%

14%

1%

Conlin

15%

29%

19%

17%

21%

 

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?

 

 38% Strongly favor
 15% Somewhat favor
 12% Somewhat oppose
 31% Strongly oppose

  4% Not sure

 

6* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?

 

11% Very favorable
15% Somewhat favorable
16% Somewhat unfavorable
14% Very unfavorable

45% Not sure

 

7* The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?

 

35% Yes
26% No
39% Not sure

 

8* In the long-term, will the recent Gulf Oil Spill have a devastating impact on the environment, a major impact, a modest impact, a minor impact, or will it have little lasting impact on the environment?

 

49% A devastating impact on the environment
32% A major impact

12% A modest impact
  2% A minor impact
  2% It will have little lasting impact on the environment
  3% Not sure

 

9* Who should pay for the clean-up from the oil leak - the companies who were drilling for oil, the government or both?

 

83% The companies who were drilling for oil
  1% The government

14% Both

  2% Not sure

 

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