Toplines - 2010 Florida Senate Race - October 19, 2009

2010 Florida Senate Election

Survey of 1,000 Likely Florida Voters

October 19, 2009

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?

29% Strongly approve

13% Somewhat approve

11% Somewhat disapprove

47% Strongly disapprove

0% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Charlie Crist has been doing as Governor… do you strongly

approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been

doing?

13% Strongly approve

36% Somewhat approve

29% Somewhat disapprove

20% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

3* 2010 Florida Senate Election

Charlie Crist (R)	46%
Kendrick Meek (D)	34%
Some other candidate	9%
Not sure	11%

Marcus Rubio (R)	46%
Kendrick Meek (D)	31%
Some other candidate	8%
Not sure	15%

4* Favorable Ratings for Candidates in 2010 Florida Senate Race

	Very favorable	Somewhat favorable	Somewhat unfavorable	Very unfavorable	Not sure
Charlie Crist	17%	40%	28%	13%	2%
Kendrick Meek	10%	23%	22%	12%	32%
Marco Rubio	13%	26%	25%	9%	28%

5* To address environmental concerns, a proposal has been made to ban all paper and plastic shopping bags in Florida. Would you favor or oppose a ban all paper and plastic shopping bags in Florida?

29% Favor
60% Oppose
11% Not sure

6* Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil off the coast of Florida?

59% Favor
33% Oppose
8% Not sure

7* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

0% Excellent
6% Good
30% Fair
63% Poor
1% Not sure

8* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

27% Better
47% Worse
21% Staying the same
5% Not sure

9* If a high speed train line between Tampa and Orlando is built, how likely are you to use it?

13% Very likely
18% Somewhat likely
31% Not very likely
34% Not at all likely
4% Not sure

10* [only answered by those who are very or somewhat likely to use trail line] Would you be likely to use it several times a week, once a week, once a month, or less than once a month?

5% Several times a week

6% Once a week

31% Once a month

54% Less than once a month

5% Not sure

11* 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
12% Somewhat favor
11% Somewhat oppose
47% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence