Questions - West Virginia Special Senate Election - October 12, 2010
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West Virginia Survey of 750 Likely
Voters
Conducted October 12, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* If the 2010 election for
United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican John Raese
or Democrat Joe Manchin? (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.)
49% John Raese
46% Joe Manchin
2% Some Other Candidate
3% 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.
John Raese
Joe
Manchin
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* What will do more to create new
jobs--cutting government spending and deficits or a $50 billion infrastructure
program?
5* Do you
consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
6* Is The Tea Party movement good for the country or bad for the
country?
7* How closely have you followed news stories about the
so-called cap-and-trade legislation being considered by Congress?
8* Would the cap and trade legislation be good for the coal
industry or bad for the coal industry?
9* Would the cap and trade legislation create jobs in West
Virginia or destroy jobs in West Virginia?
10* Do you
have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Bill Clinton?
11* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or
very unfavorable impression of Sarah Palin?
12* 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?
13* How would you rate the job Joe Manchin 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