Questions - North Carolina Governor - April 10, 2012

North Carolina Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted April 10, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

 

*Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidates, so while half will hear the Republican first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.

 

1* In thinking about the 2012 election for governor of North Carolina, suppose you had a choice between Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Walter Dalton.  If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Pat McCrory or Democrat Walter Dalton?

 

McCrory
Dalton

Some other candidate

 

2* Suppose the Democrats nominate Bob Etheridge.  If the 2012 election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Pat McCrory or Democrat Bob Etheridge?

 

McCrory

Etheridge
Some other candidate

 

3* What if the Democrats nominate Bill Faison?  If the 2012 election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Pat McCrory or Democrat Bill Faison?

 

McCrory

Faison

Some other candidate

 

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.

 

Pat McCrory

Walter Dalton

Bob Etheridge

Bill Faison

 

5* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

6* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

 

7* Looking back, were the bailouts of banks, auto companies, and insurance companies good for the United States or bad for the United States?

 

 

8* How would you rate the job Bev Purdue has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence