Toplines - Texas Governor's Race - February 1, 2010
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Texas Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 1, 2010
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?
27% Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
10% Somewhat disapprove
48% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
11% Strongly approve
39% Somewhat approve
24% Somewhat disapprove
24% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* Election 2010: Texas Governor’s Race
Rick Perry (R) |
48% |
Bill White (D) |
39% |
Some other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
8% |
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) |
49% |
Bill White (D) |
36% |
Some other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
7% |
Debra Medina (R) |
41% |
Bill White (D) |
38% |
Some other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
16% |
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 |
Very favorable |
Somewhat favorable |
Somewhat unfavorable |
Very unfavorable |
Not sure |
Rick Perry |
14% |
40% |
23% |
21% |
2% |
Kay Bailey Hutchison |
17% |
40% |
26% |
13% |
3% |
Bill White |
20% |
26% |
23% |
15% |
16% |
Debra
Medina |
14% |
30% |
22% |
12% |
22% |
5* Who is winning the War on
Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
46% United States and its allies
22% Terrorists
23% Neither
8% Not sure
6* Is the United States today
safer than it was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
41% Yes
42% No
18% Not sure
7* How
likely is it that Congress will be able to agree this year on a smaller and
bipartisan health care plan?
8% Very likely
25% Somewhat
likely
41% Not very likely
21% Not at all likely
5% Not sure
8* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or
increasing government spending?
66% Cutting taxes
12% Increasing government spending
14% Neither
8% Not sure
9* President Obama is proposing a three-year freeze in
discretionary government spending in nearly all areas except defense, national
security, veterans affairs and entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid
and Social Security. Do you favor or oppose the President’s proposal for a
spending freeze on discretionary spending?
62% Favor
21% Oppose
17% Not sure
10* If it is implemented, will the President’s proposal
reduce the deficit a lot, a little, or will it have no impact?
12% A lot
35% A little
45% It will have no impact
9% Not sure
11* Should the federal government
increase spending, freeze spending or cut spending?
6% Increase spending
21% Freeze spending
63% Cut spending
10% Not sure
12* What is more
important—reducing the federal deficit or reducing federal spending?
37% Reducing the federal deficit
48% Reducing federal spending
15% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence