Toplines - 2010 Illinois Senate - February 3, 2010
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Daily Snapshot
Illinois Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted February 3, 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?
33%
Strongly approve
21%
Somewhat approve
10%
Somewhat disapprove
35%
Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Pat
Quinn has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
8% Strongly approve
37% Somewhat approve
31% Somewhat disapprove
22% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Illinois Senate Race
Kirk (R) |
46% |
Giannoulias (D) |
40% |
Some Other Candidate |
4% |
Not sure |
10% |
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 IL Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Kirk |
17% |
38% |
25% |
8% |
12% |
Giannoulias |
12% |
34% |
21% |
18% |
15% |
5* How
would you rate your own personal finances these days?
10% Excellent
35%
Good
37% Fair
13% Poor
5% Not sure
6* Are your personal finances getting better
these days, or worse?
20% Better
42% Worse
33% About the same
5% Not sure
7* Is it
possible to balance the federal budget without raising taxes?
47%
Yes
34%
No
19%
Not sure
8* Do you
favor or oppose an income tax cut for all Americans?
44%
Favor
38%
Oppose
18%
Not sure
9* Which
is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or increasing government
spending?
53% Cutting taxes
20% Increasing government spending
21% Neither
6% Not sure
10* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and
its allies or the terrorists?
44% United States and its allies
25% Terrorists
24% Neither
7% Not Sure
11* Is the
United States today safer than it was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
38% Yes
39% No
23% Not sure
12* Generally
speaking, when it comes to important national issues, whose judgment do you
trust more—the American people or America’s political leaders?
68% The American people
14% America’s political leaders
17% Not sure
13* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special
interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you
think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?
71% Yes
17% No
12% Not sure
14* Do
government and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers and
investors?
67% Yes
14% No
19% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence