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Toplines - Virginia Governor - October 12, 2009
See Article Virginia
State Survey of 500 Likely Voters Conducted
October 12, 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? 37% Strongly
approve 16% Somewhat
approve 9% Somewhat
disapprove 38% 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? 23% Strongly
approve 31% Somewhat
approve 19% Somewhat
disapprove 24% Strongly
disapprove 2% Not sure 3* In
thinking about the 2009 election for Governor of Virginia if the election were
held today would you vote for Republican Robert McDonnell or Democrat Creigh Deeds?
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? 52% McDonnell 35% Deeds 13% Not sure 6*
Okay…which candidate do you trust more to cut government spending? 52% McDonnell 27% Deeds 22% Not sure 7*
Fine…which candidate is more likely to confront Virginia's transportation
problems? 43% McDonnell 37% Deeds 20% Not sure 8* In
terms of how you will vote this November, how important is the content of
McDonnell’s thesis? 29% Very important 9* In
terms of how you will vote in the 2009 Governor Election, how important is the
performance of President Obama? 36% Very important 10* If
President Obama comes to Virginia to campaign for Creigh Deeds, does that make you more likely or less likely
to vote for Deeds? 23% More likely 43% Less
likely NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |