Questions - Election 2014: West Virginia Senate - February 19-20, 2014

West Virginia Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted February 19-20, 2014
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?

2* How would you rate the job Earl Ray Tomblin has been doing as governor…do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

3*  In thinking about the 2014 election for U.S. Senate, suppose you had a choice between Republican Shelley Moore Capito or Democrat Natalie Tennant.  If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Shelley Moore Capito or Democrat Natalie Tennant?

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

Shelley Moore Capito

Natalie Tennant

Jay Rockefeller

Joe Manchin

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

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

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

8* Should the government require every American to buy or obtain health insurance?

9* How likely is that most of the current problems with the new health care law will be fixed within the next year?

10* Generally speaking, would you prefer a more active government with more services and higher taxes or a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes?

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