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Questions - Ohio Senate - April 18, 2012

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Ohio Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted April 18, 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 U.S. Senate, suppose you had a choice between Republican Josh Mandel and Democrat Sherrod Brown.  If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Josh Mandel or Democrat Sherrod Brown?

 

2* Now 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.

 

Sherrod Brown
Josh Mandel

 

3* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days?

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

 

5* How closely have you followed recent news reports about President Obama's health care law and the U.S. Supreme Court?

 

6* Would you like to see the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the health care law or uphold its legality?

7* Which do you think the U.S. Supreme Court is more likely to do – overturn the health care law or uphold its legality?

 

8* The health care law requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a federal law that requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance?

 

9* Does the federal government have the constitutional authority to force everyone to buy health insurance?

 

10* Should all voters be required to prove their identity before being allowed to vote?

 

11* Do laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters?

 

12* How confident are you that final election results accurately reflect the votes that were cast for each candidate?

 

13* How would you rate the job John Kasich 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