Toplines - North Dakota Senate - July 21, 2010

North   Dakota  State Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted on June 21, 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?

      

       23% Strongly approve

       17% Somewhat approve

       13% Somewhat disapprove

       46% Strongly disapprove

         1% Not sure

 

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

      

57% Strongly approve

       30% Somewhat approve

         7% Somewhat disapprove

         4% Strongly disapprove

         1% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Election for United States Senate

                                                                                                 

	John   Hoeven (R)	Tracy   Potter (D)	Some   other candidate	Not   sure
July   21, 2010	69%	22%	2%	7%
June   15-16, 2010	73%	19%	2%	6%
May   18-19, 2010	72%	23%	2%	3%
April   20, 2010	69%	24%	2%	5%
March   23, 2010	68%	25%	2%	5%
February   9-10, 2010	71%	17%	4%	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 ND Senate Race	Very   Favorable	Somewhat   Favorable	Somewhat   Unfavorable	Very   Unfavorable	Not   sure
Potter	11%	30%	24%	11%	24%
Hoeven	56%	26%	10%	5%	2%

 

 

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?

 

       51% Strongly favor

       13% Somewhat favor

       11% Somewhat oppose

       21% Strongly oppose

        3% Not sure

 

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

 

63% Favor

20% Oppose
16% Not sure

 

7* The U.S. Justice Department has decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law?

 

23% Agree
60% Disagree
17% Not sure

 

8* Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats, criminals and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal for immigration policy?

 

66% Agree
21% Disagree
14% Not sure

9* Last year, Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?

29% Helped
32% Hurt
33% No impact
  6% Not sure

10* Did the new government spending in the stimulus package create new jobs?

24% Yes
54% No
23% Not sure

11* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or increasing government spending?

 

69% Cutting taxes
13% Increasing government spending
18% Not sure

 

12* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

         1% Excellent

       10% Good

       51% Fair

       37% Poor

         1% Not sure

13* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

       29% Better

       44% Worse

       23% Staying the same

         4% Not sure

14* Is the United States currently in a recession?

       60% Yes

       22% No

       18% Not sure

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