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Toplines - North Carolina Senate - June 22, 2010

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North Carolina Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 23, 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?

33% Strongly approve
  9% Somewhat approve
10% Somewhat disapprove
47% Strongly disapprove
  1% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Bev Perdue has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?

15% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
24% Somewhat disapprove
28% Strongly disapprove
  4% Not sure

3* 2010 North Carolina Senate Race

 

 

Richard Burr (R)

Elaine Marshall (D)

Some Other Candidate

Not Sure

June 22, 2010

44%

43%

7%

6%

June 3, 2010

50%

36%

6%

8%

May 5, 2010

48%

40%

3%

9%

April 19, 2010

50%

32%

6%

12%

March 22, 2010

51%

35%

6%

8%

February 23, 2010

50%

34%

4%

12%

 

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 NC Senate Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Burr

17%

36%

22%

15%

10%

Marshall

17%

31%

24%

12%

17%

 

5* A proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into affect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

   

 50% Strongly favor
10% Somewhat favor
  5% Somewhat oppose
30% Strongly oppose

  5% Not sure

6*Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?

 

58% Yes

24% No

19% Not sure

 

7* Should the U.S. military be used along the border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigration?

 

72% Yes
21% No
  7% Not sure

 

8* Should the U.S. Justice Department challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court?

 

26% Yes
56% No
17% Not sure

 

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

 

26% Yes
56% No
18% Not sure

 

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

 

47% Good
28% Bad

16% Neither
  8% Not sure

 

11* Overall, how would you rate President Obama’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
 

12% Excellent
25% Good

25% Fair
36% Poor
  1% Not sure

 

12* Is it possible for the United States to win the war in Afghanistan?

  38% Yes
  37% No
  26% Not sure

 

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