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Toplines - Virginia Governor Election - September 16, 2009
See Article Virginia Survey of 500 Likely Voters September 16, 2009 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? 41% Strongly approve 8% Somewhat approve 9% Somewhat
disapprove 41% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure 2* How would you rate
the job Tim Kaine has been doing as Governor… do you
strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove
of the job he’s been doing? 27% Strongly approve 25% Somewhat approve 21% Somewhat disapprove 25% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure 3* Election 2009: Virginia 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….Robert McDonnell or Creigh Deeds? 50% McDonnell 36% Deeds 15% Not sure 6*
Okay…which candidate do you trust more to cut government spending? 49% McDonnell 31% Deeds 21% Not sure 7*
Fine…which candidate is more likely to confront Virginia's transportation problems? 38% McDonnell 36% Deeds 27% Not sure 8* In terms
of how you will vote this November, how important is the content of McDonnell’s
thesis? 30% Very important 22% Somewhat
important 17% Not very important 21% Not at all important 10% Not sure 9*
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? 34% Strongly
favor 12% Somewhat
favor
6% Somewhat oppose 45% Strongly
oppose
3% Not sure 10* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better,
worse, or stay about the same? 34% Better 48% Worse 14% Stay the same 4% Not sure 11* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go down, or
stay about the same? 52% The cost of health care will go up 25% The cost will go down 19% Stay the same 4% Not sure 12* 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 10% Reduce
the deficit 21% Have no
impact on the deficit
7% Not sure 13* To
cover the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to
be raised on the middle class? 59% Very likely 19% Somewhat
likely 15% Not very likely
4% Not at all likely
3% Not sure 14* Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor? 5% Excellent
7% Good 42% Fair 46% Poor
1% Not sure 15* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse? 43% Better 33% Worse 20% Staying
the same
3% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |