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Toplines - New Jersey Governor - September 9, 2009
New
Jersey Survey of 500 Likely Voters Conducted
September 9, 2009 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? 34%
Strongly approve 19%
Somewhat approve 16%
Somewhat disapprove 29%
Strongly disapprove 3% Not sure 2* How
would you rate the job Jon Corzine has been doing as
Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing? 13%
Strongly approve 27%
Somewhat approve 21%
Somewhat disapprove 36%
Strongly disapprove 3% Not sure 3* 2009 New Jersey Governor’s Race
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.
5*
Which gubernatorial candidate do you trust more on taxes....Chris
Christie or Jon Corzine? 46% Christie 31% Corzine 23% Not sure 6*
Okay…which candidate do you trust more to cut government spending? 46% Christie 27% Corzine 28% Not sure 7*
Fine…which candidate is more likely to crack down on government
corruption…Chris Christie or Jon Corzine? 44% Christie 32% Corzine 24% Not sure 8*
Generally speaking, do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or
strongly oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the
congressional Democrats? 30% Strongly favor 14% Somewhat oppose 33% Strongly oppose 9*
If the health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get
better, worse, or stay about the same? 29% Better 10*
If the health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go
down, or stay about the same? 44% Cost of health care will go up 21% Cost will go down 27% Stay the same 8% Not
sure 11*
Is the health care reform legislation being considered by Congress likely to
increase the deficit, reduce the deficit, or have no impact on the deficit? 62% Increase the deficit 8% Reduce the deficit 9% Not
sure 12*To
cover the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to
be raised on the middle class? 54% Very likely 13* Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
0%
Excellent 14*
Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse? 37% Better 15*
In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you
more….that the federal government will do too much or that the federal
government will not do enough? 48% Federal government will do too much 40% Federal government will not do enough 13% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |