Toplines - 2010 Election: Louisiana Senate - April 7, 2010
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Louisiana State
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted April 7, 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?
31% Strongly
approve
9% Somewhat approve
6% Somewhat disapprove
53% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you
rate the job Bobby Jindal has been doing as Governor…
do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly
disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
26% Strongly
approve
38%
Somewhat approve
18%
Somewhat disapprove
17%
Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Louisiana
Senate Race
|
|
April 7, 2010 |
March 10, 2010 |
February 10, 2010 |
January 14, 2010 |
|
David
Vitter (R) |
52% |
57% |
57% |
53% |
|
Charlie
Melancon (D) |
36% |
34% |
33% |
35% |
|
Some
other candidate |
4% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
|
Not
sure |
8% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
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 LA Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not
sure |
|
Vitter |
23% |
37% |
17% |
20% |
4% |
|
Melancon |
13% |
33% |
21% |
20% |
13% |
5* Will the health care plan passed by Congress
and signed into law by President Obama be good for the country or bad for the
country?
35% Good
58% Bad
3% No impact
4% Not sure
6* 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?
57% Strongly favor
10% Somewhat favor
6% Somewhat oppose
24% Strongly oppose
3% Not sure
7* The health care plan passed by Congress would require every
American to buy or obtain health insurance. Do you Strongly Favor, Somewhat
Favor, Somewhat Oppose, or Strongly Oppose a federal law that requires every
American to buy or obtain health insurance?
23% Strongly favor
13% Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
50% Strongly oppose
5% Not sure
8*Some people believe a federal law requiring every American
to buy or obtain health insurance is unconstitutional. Some states have
announced that they will sue the federal government to fight that
requirement. Would you favor or oppose
having your state sue the federal government to prevent it from becoming law?
58%
Favor
33% Oppose
9% Not sure
9*
When you think about the major issues facing the country, whose views are
closest to your own President Barack Obama or the average tea party member?
33%
President Barack Obama
54% The average Tea Party member
13% Not sure
10* How concerned
are you that those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to
violence?
26% Very concerned
17% Somewhat concerned
23% Not very concerned
29% Not at all concerned
6% Not sure
11*Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
2% Excellent
9% Good
46%
Fair
42%
Poor
2% Not sure
12*
Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
38%
Better
38%
Worse
18%
About the same
5% Not sure
13* Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?
78% Yes
6% No
16% Not sure
14* President Obama has
proposed allowing more offshore drilling in some areas.
However, drilling will not be permitted off the coasts
of
68% Yes
13% No
20% Not sure
15* Should individual states have the right to ban drilling off
their own coastlines?
43% Yes
34% No
22% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
