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Questions - Ohio Senate - October 26, 2010

Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings

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Ohio Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted October 26, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the 2010 Election for United States senate, were held today would you vote for Republican Rob Portman or Democrat Lee Fisher? (Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidate names, so while half will hear the Republican candidate first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.)

 

57% Rob Portman

33% Lee Fisher

  3% Some other candidate

  7% Not sure

 

2* 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.

 

Portman

Fisher

 

3*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?

 

4* Would it be more accurate to describe Rob Portman’s views as mainstream or extreme?

 

5* Would it be more accurate to describe Lee Fisher’s views as mainstream or extreme?

 

6* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

7* Are your personal finances getting better these days, or worse?

 

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

 

9* 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?

 

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

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence