Toplines - West Virginia Special Senate Election - September 8, 2010
West Virginia Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted September 8, 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?
22% Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat disapprove
53% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* 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?
35% Strongly approve
32% Somewhat approve
19% Somewhat disapprove
13% Strongly
disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Special
Senate Election Race
|
John Raese (R) |
Joe Manchin (D) |
Some other candidate |
Not sure |
September
7, 2010 |
45% |
50% |
2% |
3% |
August
29, 2010 |
42% |
48% |
4% |
7% |
July 23,
2010 |
35% |
51% |
5% |
9% |
Note: Surveys
conducted prior to September 7 show results without leaners.
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 WV Governor Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Raese |
22% |
32% |
18% |
19% |
9% |
Manchin |
38% |
32% |
19% |
10% |
1% |
5* What is best for the State of West Virginia….for Joe
Manchin to remain as Governor or for Joe Manchin to represent West Virginia in
the United States senate?
42% Joe Manchin to remain as governor
37% Joe Manchin to represent West Virginia in the United State senate
21% Not sure
6* In terms of how you
will vote in the next national election, are you primarily interested in
National Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror,
Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social
Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and
abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?
11%
National Security Issues
44%
Economic Issues
15%
Domestic Issues
5% Cultural Issues
12%
Fiscal Issues
13%
Not sure
7* Do most members of Congress care
what their constituents think?
12% Yes
71% No
17% Not sure
8* How angry are you at
the current policies of the federal government?
50%
Very angry
22%
Somewhat angry
15%
Not very angry
9% Not at all angry
4% Not sure
9* 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?
49%
Strongly favor
16%
Somewhat favor
11%
Somewhat oppose
18%
Strongly oppose
5% Not sure
10* If the health care bill is repealed would that be good for the
economy, bad for the economy or would it have no impact on the economy?
49%
Good
21%
Bad
17%
No impact
13%
Not sure
11* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S.
economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
1% Excellent
4% Good
39% Fair
57% Poor
0% Not sure
12*
Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
17% Better
60% Worse
19% Staying the same
4% Not sure
13* Is
the U.S. currently in a recession?
63% Yes
17% No
19% Not sure
14* Do you know anyone who is out of
work and looking for a job?
74%
Yes
21%
No
5% Not sure
15* Is the job market better than it was a year ago,
worse than it was a year ago or about the same?
13%
Better
48% Worse
37% Staying the same
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence