Toplines - North Dakota House Election - May 18-19, 2010

    North Dakota State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted May 18-19, 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?

       23% Strongly approve
       18% Somewhat approve
       13% Somewhat disapprove
       44% Strongly disapprove
         2% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job John Hoeven has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been

doing?

      

       52% Strongly approve

       35% Somewhat approve

         9% Somewhat disapprove

         3% Strongly disapprove

         1% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Election for United States House of Representatives

 

	May 18-19, 2010	April 20, 2010	March 23, 2010	February 9-10, 2010
Rick Berg (R)	52%	49%	51%	46%
Earl Pomeroy (D)	43%	45%	44%	40%
Some other candidate	2%	2%	1%	3%
Not sure	3%	4%	4%	11%

 

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 ND House of Reps. Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Pomeroy	29%	20%	16%	34%	2%
Berg	22%	34%	17%	10%	17%

 

5* A proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into effect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

50% Strongly favor
14% Somewhat favor
  9% Somewhat oppose
23% Strongly oppose
  5% Not sure

6* How closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in Arizona?

 

42% Very closely
37% Somewhat closely

16% Not very closely

  4% Not at all
  2% Not sure

        

7* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?

 

59% Favor

22% Oppose
19% Not sure

 

8* Suppose a police officer stops someone for a traffic violation or a violation of some other law. If the police officer suspects that the person they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the officer be required to check their immigration status?

 

75% Yes
15% No
10% Not sure

 

9* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?

 

13% Very favorable
16% Somewhat favorable
20% Somewhat unfavorable
17% Very unfavorable

35% Not sure

 

10* The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?

 

31% Yes
37% No
32% Not sure

 

11* Is the value of your home worth more than your mortgage?

 

57% Yes
38% No
 5% Not sure

 

12* As a nation, is America overtaxed?

 

 60% Yes
 27% No
 13% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence