Toplines - Missouri Senate - August 10, 2010
Missouri State Survey of 750 Likely
Voters
Conducted August 10, 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?
29%
Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat disapprove
48% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Jay
Nixon 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
39% Somewhat approve
27% Somewhat disapprove
12% Strongly disapprove
5% Not sure
3* 2010 Missouri Senate Race
|
|
Roy Blunt (R) |
Robin Carnahan (D) |
Some other candidate |
Not sure |
|
August 10, 2010 |
50% |
43% |
3% |
4% |
|
July 27, 2010 |
49% |
43% |
4% |
4% |
|
July 13, 2010 |
47% |
45% |
2% |
6% |
|
June 28, 2010 |
48% |
43% |
3% |
6% |
|
June 2, 2010 |
45% |
44% |
4% |
6% |
|
May 3, 2010 |
50% |
42% |
4% |
4% |
|
Mar 9, 2010 |
47% |
41% |
4% |
8% |
|
Feb 10, 2010 |
49% |
42% |
3% |
6% |
|
Jan 19, 2010 |
49% |
43% |
3% |
5% |
|
Dec 15, 2009 |
44% |
46% |
4% |
6% |
|
Sep 21, 2009 |
46% |
46% |
2% |
5% |
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 MO Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Blunt |
20% |
34% |
18% |
23% |
5% |
|
Carnahan |
24% |
21% |
18% |
32% |
5% |
5* Should
the Bush Administration tax cuts be extended or should the tax cuts end this
year?
59% The tax cuts should be
extended
31% The tax cuts should end this
year
10% Not sure
6*
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?
29% Help
50% Hurt
13% No impact
9% Not sure
7* 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?
49% Extending the Bush
Administration tax cuts for all Americans
39% Extending the Bush
tax cuts for everyone except the wealthy
12% Not sure
8* The health care plan passed by Congress requires 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?
24%
Strongly favor
14% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
51%
Strongly oppose
1% Not sure
9* Some people believe a federal law requiring every American
to buy or obtain health insurance is unconstitutional. Do you favor or oppose
your state suing the federal government to prevent that requirement from
remaining in the law?
52% Favor
35% Oppose
13% Not sure
10* Are most members of Congress
willing to sell their vote for either cash or a campaign contribution?
54% Yes
19% No
26% Not sure
11* How likely is it that your own
representative in Congress has sold their vote for either cash or a campaign
contribution?
31% Very
likely
28% Somewhat likely
21% Not very likely
7% Not at all likely
14% Not sure
12*
Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
2% Excellent
1% Good
31% Fair
64% Poor
2% Not
sure
13*
Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
25%
Better
52%
Worse
17% Staying the same
5% Not sure
14* Is the
70% Yes
16% No
13% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
