Toplines - Texas Republican Primary - November 11, 2009

Texas

Survey of 798 Likely GOP Primary Voters

November 11, 2009

1* 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?

25% Strongly approve

48% Somewhat approve

14% Somewhat disapprove

11% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

2* Suppose the Republican Primary for the 2010 Governor’s race were held today. Would you vote for Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison or Debra Medina?

46% Perry

35% Hutchison
4% Medina

14% Not sure

3* 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	26%	49%	14%	10%	1%
Kay Bailey Hutchison	25%	50%	17%	6%	2%
Debra Medina	3%	13%	19%	10%	55%

4* Should Kay Bailey Hutchison remain in her position as senator while she is running for Governor?

60% Yes

26% No

14% Not sure

5* Earlier this year, Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?

12% Helped

58% Hurt

26% No impact

4% Not 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?

6% Strongly favor

6% Somewhat favor

11% Somewhat oppose

76% Strongly oppose

1% Not sure

7* Before anyone receives government healthcare subsidies, should they be required to prove they are in the country legally?

93% Yes

2% No

5% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence