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Questions - Election 2014: Georgia Governor - September 15-16, 2014

Georgia Governor: Deal (R) 45%, Carter (D) 44%
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Georgia Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted September 15-16, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the 2014 election for governor of Georgia were held today, would you vote for Republican Nathan Deal or Democrat Jason Carter?

 

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. If you’ve never heard of that person, just let me know.

 

Nathan Deal

Jason Carter

 

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

4* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of the new health care law?

 

6* According to news reports, President Obama is considering granting amnesty to several million illegal immigrants without the approval of Congress. Do you favor or oppose the president granting such an amnesty?

 

7*Is the budget situation in your state better than it was a year ago or worse than it was a year ago?  Or has it remained about the same?

 

8* Which candidate for governor do you trust more to deal with government spending?

 

9* Which candidate for governor do you trust more to deal with taxes?

 

10* Which candidate for governor do you trust more on social issues?

 

11* Which candidate for governor do you trust more on government ethics and corruption?

 

12* Sometimes, unexpected things come up that prevent people from voting on Election Day.  Are you certain that you will vote in this year’s elections, or is it possible that something could come up that would prevent you from voting?

13* 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?

14* How would you rate the job Nathan Deal 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