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Toplines - Election 2010: Connecticut Senate Election - January 6, 2010

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Connecticut State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted January 6, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* 2010 Connecticut Senate Race

Rob Simmons (R)

33%

Richard Blumenthal (D)

56%

Some other candidate

4%

Not sure

7%

Linda McMahon (R)

34%

Richard Blumenthal (D)

58%

Some other candidate

3%

Not sure

5%

Peter Schiff (R)

24%

Richard Blumenthal (D)

60%

Some other candidate

6%

Not sure

10%

2* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

28% The United States and its allies

31% The terrorists

33% Neither

8% Not sure

3* Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and national security. In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right?

40% Legal system worries too much about protecting individual rights
24% Legal system worries too much about protecting national security
24% Balance is about right
11% Not sure

4* 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?

39% Strongly approve
17% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat disapprove
35% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure

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