Toplines - Kansas Senate - August 4, 2010
Kansas
State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted August 4, 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?
22%
Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
14% Somewhat disapprove
49% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you
rate the job Mark Parkinson has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job he’s been doing?
21%
Strongly approve
37% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
12% Strongly disapprove
9% Not sure
3* 2010
|
|
Jerry
Moran (R) |
Lisa
Johnston (D) |
Some
other candidate |
Not sure |
|
August
4, 2010 |
61% |
28% |
5% |
6% |
|
June
30, 2010 |
59% |
23% |
8% |
9% |
|
May
11, 2010 |
61% |
25% |
5% |
10% |
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 KS Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not
sure |
|
Moran |
19% |
44% |
26% |
5% |
6% |
|
Johnston |
12% |
32% |
21% |
9% |
25% |
5* A proposal has
been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into effect. Do
you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a
proposal to repeal the health care bill?
54%
Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
23% Strongly oppose
3% 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?
69% Favor
23% Oppose
9% 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
64% Disagree
8% 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?
59% Agree
31% Disagree
10% Not sure
9* Which is the
better approach to dealing with illegal immigration—allowing individual states
to act on their own to enforce immigration laws or relying upon the federal
government to enforce immigration laws?
55%
Allowing individual states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws
37%
Relying upon the federal government to enforce
immigration laws
8% Not sure
10* 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?
18%
Help
55%
Hurt
12%
No impact
15%
Not sure
11* Should the
Bush Administration tax cuts be extended or should the tax cuts end this year?
60%
The tax cuts should be extended
25%
The tax cuts should end this year
16%
Not sure
12*
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?
52% Extending
the Bush Administration tax cuts for all Americans
37% Extending
the Bush tax cuts for everyone except the wealthy
11% Not sure
13* Generally speaking, how would you rate
the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
1% Excellent
5% Good
42% Fair
51% Poor
1% Not sure
14* Are economic
conditions in the country getting better or worse?
28% Better
47% Worse
19% Staying the same
5% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
