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Toplines - Pennsylvania Senate Election - December 2, 2008

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Pennsylvania Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted December 2, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

51% Strongly approve

22% Somewhat approve

9% Somewhat disapprove

16% Strongly disapprove

2% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Ed Rendell is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

22% Excellent

28% Good

21% Fair

29% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* Okay… In thinking about the 2010 Election for United States Senate suppose you had a choice between Republican Arlen Specter and Democrat Chris Matthews. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Arlen Specter or Democrat Chris Matthews?

Specter

46%

Matthews

43%

Other

7%

Not sure

4%

4* Favorables for Senate Candidates

Specter

Matthews

Very Favorable

20%

17%

Somewhat Favorable

40%

32%

Somewhat Unfavorable

24%

19%

Very Unfavorable

13%

18%

Not sure

3%

15%

18* Was Hillary Clinton a good choice for Secretary of State?

65% Yes

27% No

9% Not sure

19* Should the period of time between election day and the inauguration be shorter?

40% Yes

45% No

15% Not sure

20* Should any of the bailout money be given to government entities or should it all go to the private sector to build up the economy?

22% Bailout money should be given to gov’t entities

50% Bailout money should only go to the private sector

28% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence