Toplines - Michigan Governor - December 16, 2009
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Conducted December 16, 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?
28% Strongly
approve
20% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat disapprove
41% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Jennifer
Granholm has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job she’s been doing?
9% Strongly approve
23% Somewhat approve
17% Somewhat disapprove
49% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Mike Cox
(R) |
39% |
John
Cherry (D) |
34% |
Some
other candidate |
9% |
Not sure |
17% |
Peter
Hoekstra (R) |
46% |
John
Cherry (D) |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
16% |
Mike
Bouchard (R) |
42% |
John
Cherry (D) |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
20% |
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.
Candidate
for the Michigan Governor Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Cherry |
10% |
29% |
18% |
17% |
26% |
Cox |
13% |
34% |
21% |
11% |
20% |
Hoekstra |
22% |
28% |
17% |
9% |
24% |
Bouchard |
10% |
38% |
18% |
9% |
26% |
5*
Do you favor or oppose
the proposal to reduce the
54% Favor
20% Oppose
26 sure
6*
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?
25% Strongly favor
22% Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
40% Strongly oppose
5% Not sure
7* Overall, how would you rate President Obama’s handling
of the situation in
11% Excellent
31% Good
30% Fair
27% Poor
1% Not sure
8* Do you favor or oppose the President’s proposal to send
30,000 more troops to
50% Favor
34% Oppose
16% Not sure
9* Do you favor or oppose the President’s commitment to a
timetable that would begin withdrawing troops from
44% Favor
42% Oppose
14% Not sure
13* Overall,
do you favor or oppose President Obama’s new plan for the war in Afghanistan?
32% Favor
36% Oppose
31% Not sure
14* How likely
are you to make a charitable donation of some kind at this time of year – very
likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, not at all likely?
38% Very
likely
25% Somewhat likely
17% Not very likely
18% Not at
all likely
2% Not sure
15* Compared to
a year ago, are you giving more to charity, less to charity, or about the same
amount to charity?
14% More
37% Less
47% About the same
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence