Toplines - 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Election - April 12, 2010
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Conducted April 12, 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
17% Somewhat approve
12% Somewhat disapprove
42% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate
the job Ed Rendell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove,
or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?
13% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
24% Somewhat disapprove
32% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Pennsylvania Senate Race
|
|
Apr 12, 2010 |
Mar 15, 2010 |
Feb 8, 2010 |
|
Pat Toomey
(R) |
50% |
49% |
47% |
|
Arlen
Specter (D) |
40% |
40% |
38% |
|
Some
other candidate |
4% |
5% |
5% |
|
Not sure |
6% |
7% |
10% |
|
|
Apr 12, 2010 |
Mar 15, 2010 |
Feb 8, 2010 |
|
Pat
Toomey (R) |
47% |
42% |
47% |
|
Joe Sestak (D) |
36% |
37% |
38% |
|
Some
other candidate |
5% |
7% |
5% |
|
Not sure |
12% |
15% |
10% |
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 PA Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Arlen
Specter |
16% |
26% |
21% |
33% |
4% |
|
Pat
Toomey |
18% |
36% |
19% |
10% |
18% |
|
Joe Sestak |
10% |
28% |
27% |
12% |
22% |
5*
Will the health care plan passed by Congress and signed into law by
President Obama be good for the country or bad for the country?
36% Good
53% Bad
2% No impact
9% Not sure
6* 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?
47% Strongly
favor
13% Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
28% Strongly oppose
3% Not sure
7* The
health care plan passed by Congress would require 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
17% Somewhat favor
13% Somewhat oppose
42% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
8*Some
people believe a federal law requiring every American to buy or obtain health
insurance is unconstitutional. Some states have announced that they will sue
the federal government to fight that requirement. Would you favor or oppose having your state
sue the federal government to prevent it from becoming law?
47% Favor
39% Oppose
14% Not
sure
9* When
you think about the major issues facing the country, whose views are closest to
your own
President Barack Obama or the average tea party member?
40% President
Barack Obama
47% The average Tea Party member
14% Not sure
10* How concerned are you that
those opposed to President Obama’s policies will resort to violence?
20% Very concerned
26% Somewhat concerned
27% Not very concerned
23% Not at all concerned
5% Not sure
11*Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
1% Excellent
7% Good
41% Fair
50% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
36% Better
37% Worse
21% About the same
6% Not sure
13* Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?
69% Yes
12% No
19% Not sure
14* President Obama has
proposed allowing more offshore drilling in some areas.
However, drilling will not be permitted off the coasts
of
49% Yes
26% No
25% Not sure
15* Should
individual states have the right to ban drilling off their own coastlines?
43% Yes
36% No
22% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
