Toplines - South Carolina Senate - June 10, 2010
South Carolina Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted June 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?
31%
Strongly approve
15% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat
disapprove
44% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate
the job Mark Sanford 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
37% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
28% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 South Carolina Senate Race
Jim
DeMint |
58% |
Alvin
Greene |
21% |
Some
other candidate |
9% |
Not sure |
13% |
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 SC Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
DeMint |
32% |
30% |
16% |
9% |
12% |
Greene |
6% |
14% |
21% |
30% |
29% |
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?
55% Strongly
favor
10% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
20% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
6* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
5% Very favorable
13% Somewhat
favorable
21% Somewhat unfavorable
14% Very unfavorable
47% Not sure
7* The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?
25% Yes
37% No
38% Not sure
8*Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?
58% Yes
20%
No
21%
Not sure
9* In the long-term, will the recent Gulf Oil Spill have a
devastating impact on the environment, a major impact, a modest impact, a minor
impact, or will it have little lasting impact on the environment?
44% A
devastating impact on the environment
34% A major impact
16% A
modest impact
3% A minor impact
1% It will have little lasting impact on the
environment
2% Not sure
10* Who should pay for the clean-up from the oil leak – the companies who were drilling for oil, the government or both?
82% The
companies who were drilling for oil
2% The government
15% Both
1% Not sure
11*
Overall, how would you rate
President Obama’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan…Excellent, good,
fair, or poor?
18% Excellent
24% Good
31% Fair
26% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Is it possible for the United States to win the war in
Afghanistan? 2164-23
37% Yes
37% No
26% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence