Toplines - Maryland Senate - September 15, 2010
Maryland Survey of 750 Likely
Voters
Conducted September 15, 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?
42% Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
6% Somewhat
disapprove
36% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Martin O’Malley has been
doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
25% Strongly approve
26% Somewhat approve
16% Somewhat disapprove
30% Strongly disapprove
3% Not sure
3* 2010
|
Eric
Wargotz (R) |
Barbara
Mikulski (D) |
Some other
candidate |
Not sure |
September
15, 2010 |
38% |
54% |
4% |
4% |
August
17, 2010 |
39% |
55% |
3% |
3% |
July 8,
2010 |
33% |
58% |
2% |
7% |
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 MD Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Mikulski |
40% |
17% |
17% |
23% |
2% |
Wargotz |
10% |
30% |
17% |
12% |
30% |
5* In terms of how you will
vote in the next national election, are you primarily interested in National
Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror, Economic
issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social Security
and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion, or
Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?
14% National Security Issues
45% Economic Issues
15% Domestic Issues
4% Cultural Issues
16% Fiscal Issues
6% Not sure
6* Do most members of Congress care
what their constituents think?
22% Yes
63% No
15% Not sure
7* How angry are you at the current
policies of the federal government?
39%
Very angry
21%
Somewhat angry
21%
Not very angry
18%
Not at all angry
2% Not sure
8* 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?
40%
Strongly favor
10%
Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
37%
Strongly oppose
6% Not sure
9* If the
health care bill is repealed would that be good for the economy, bad for the
economy or would it have no impact on the economy?
43%
Good
34%
Bad
13%
No impact
10%
Not sure
10* Generally speaking, how would you rate the
U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
1% Excellent
7% Good
40%
Fair
50%
Poor
2% Not sure
11* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
31% better
44%
worse
21%
staying the same
4% Not sure
12* Is the U.S. currently in a
recession?
73% Yes
16% No
10% Not sure
13* Do you
know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
79%
Yes
17%
No
4% Not sure
14* Is the job market better than it was a year ago, worse than it was a year
ago or about the same?
23%
Better
35%
Worse
41%
About the same
1% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence