Toplines - Washington Senate - May 26, 2010
Washington State Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted May 26, 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?
35%
Strongly approve
18% Somewhat approve
6% Somewhat disapprove
40% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job
Christine Gregoire has been doing as Governor… do you
strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove
of the job she’s been doing?
25% Strongly approve
22% Somewhat approve
16% Somewhat disapprove
35% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Election
for
|
|
5/26/2010 |
5/4/2010 |
4/6/2010 |
3/9/2010 |
1/11/2010 |
|
Dino
Rossi (R) |
47% |
46% |
46% |
49% |
48% |
|
Patty
Murray (D) |
48% |
48% |
48% |
46% |
46% |
|
Some
other candidate |
2% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
3% |
4% |
2% |
5% |
|
|
5/26/2010 |
5/4/2010 |
4/6/2010 |
3/9/2010 |
1/11/2010 |
|
Don
Benton (R) |
35% |
38% |
40% |
37% |
38% |
|
Patty
Murray (D) |
50% |
52% |
48% |
48% |
50% |
|
Some
other candidate |
6% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
|
Not sure |
9% |
7% |
8% |
12% |
9% |
|
|
5/26/2010 |
5/4/2010 |
4/6/2010 |
3/9/2010 |
1/11/2010 |
|
Clint
Didier (R) |
37% |
36% |
37% |
30% |
34% |
|
Patty
Murray (D) |
47% |
51% |
47% |
49% |
49% |
|
Some
other candidate |
6% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
|
Not sure |
10% |
8% |
11% |
15% |
13% |
|
|
5/26/2010 |
5/4/2010 |
4/6/2010 |
|
Paul
Akers (R) |
32% |
35% |
37% |
|
Patty
Murray (D) |
47% |
49% |
45% |
|
Some
other candidate |
6% |
6% |
5% |
|
Not sure |
15% |
10% |
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 WA Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Rossi |
29% |
23% |
16% |
27% |
4% |
|
|
4% |
27% |
20% |
12% |
36% |
|
|
38% |
14% |
11% |
33% |
5% |
|
Didier |
8% |
25% |
17% |
14% |
36% |
|
Akers |
4% |
23% |
18% |
15% |
40% |
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?
43% Strongly
favor
9% Somewhat favor
6% Somewhat oppose
40% Strongly oppose
3% Not sure
6* How
closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in
Arizona?
63% Very
closely
26% Somewhat closely
10% Not
very closely
1% Not at all
1% Not sure
7* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered
for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?
52% Favor
39% Oppose
9% Not sure
8* Suppose a police officer stops someone for a traffic
violation or a violation of some other law. If the police officer suspects that
the person they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the officer be
required to check their immigration status?
54% Yes
34% No
12% Not sure
9* Do you
have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
19% Very
favorable
15% Somewhat favorable
16% Somewhat unfavorable
13% Very unfavorable
37% Not
sure
10* 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?
42% Yes
31% No
27% Not sure
11*
How confident are you that Congress knows what it's doing when it comes to
addressing the country’s current economic problems?
5% Very confident
25% Somewhat confident
27% Not very confident
41% Not at all confident
2% Not sure
12* How confident are you that your representatives in
Congress are actually representing your best interests?
14% Very confident
25% Somewhat confident
23% Not very confident
37% Not at all confident
1% Not sure
13* Would
a group of people selected at random from the phone book do a better job addressing
the nation’s problems than the current Congress?
33% Yes
50% No
17% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
