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Toplines - Kansas Senate - June 30, 2010

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Kansas State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 30, 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
16% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
53% 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?

17% Strongly approve
34% Somewhat approve
28% Somewhat disapprove
15% Strongly disapprove
  6% Not sure

3* 2010 Kansas Senate Race

 

 

May 11, 2010

June 30, 2010

Jerry Moran (R)

60%

60%

David Haley (D)

25%

22%

Some other candidate

4%

8%

Not sure

11%

10%

 

 

May 11, 2010

June 30, 2010

Jerry Moran (R)

61%

59%

Lisa Johnston (D)

25%

23%

Some other candidate

5%

8%

Not sure

10%

9%

 

 

May 11, 2010

June 30, 2010

Jerry Moran (R)

59%

60%

Charles Schollenberger (D)

25%

23%

Some other candidate

6%

7%

Not sure

11%

9%

 

 

June 30, 2010

Jerry Moran (R)

60%

Robert Conroy (D)

23%

Some other candidate

7%

Not sure

10%

 

 

May 11, 2010

June 30, 2010

Todd Tiahrt (R)

58%

54%

David Haley (D)

27%

26%

Some other candidate

4%

8%

Not sure

11%

11%

 

 

May 11, 2010

June 30, 2010

Todd Tiahrt (R)

57%

52%

Lisa Johnston (D)

29%

32%

Some other candidate

3%

7%

Not sure

11%

9%

 

 

May 11, 2010

June 30, 2010

Todd Tiahrt (R)

55%

54%

Charles Schollenberger (D)

30%

29%

Some other candidate

3%

7%

Not sure

12%

10%

 

 

June 30, 2010

Todd Tiahrt (R)

53%

Robert Conroy (D)

29%

Some other candidate

7%

Not sure

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

24%

41%

19%

7%

9%

Tiahrt

22%

34%

17%

17%

10%

Johnston

6%

25%

20%

11%

40%

Haley

4%

17%

25%

12%

42%

Schollenberger

5%

23%

15%

19%

38%

Conroy

2%

22%

21%

11%

44%

 

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?

 56% Strongly favor
 13% Somewhat favor
  7% Somewhat oppose
 22% Strongly oppose
  3% Not sure

6* Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?

61% Yes
23% No

16% Not sure

7* Should deepwater oil drilling be allowed?

49% Yes
29% No

22% 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?  

36% Devastating impact on the environment
34% Major impact

21% Modest impact
  4% Minor impact
  3% It will have little lasting impact on the environment
  1% 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% Companies who were drilling for oil
  1% Government

15% Both
  1% Not sure 

10* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

 27% Yes
 50% No
 23% Not sure

11* Is The Tea Party movement good for the country or bad for the country?

 52% Good
 23% Bad
 16% Neither
  9% Not sure

12* How closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in Arizona?

 

 50% Very closely
 36% Somewhat closely
 9% Not very closely
  4% Not at all
  1% Not sure

 

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

 

 64% Favor
 21% Oppose
 14% Not sure

 

14* Suppose a police officer stops someone for a traffic violation or a violation of some other law. If the police officer suspects that the person they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the officer be required to check their immigration status?

 

 77% Yes
 16
% No
  7
% Not sure

 

15* [Asked only to those who own a home] Is the value of your home worth more than the amount you owe on your mortgage?

 

 54% Yes

 36% No

 10% Not sure

 

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