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Toplines - 2010 Iowa Senate - April 29, 2010

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Iowa Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted April 29, 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?

32% Strongly approve

16% Somewhat approve

10% Somewhat disapprove

41% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

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

15% Strongly approve

28% Somewhat approve

24% Somewhat disapprove

32% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

3* 2010 Iowa Senate Race

April 29, 2010

March 17, 2010

February 18, 2010

Charles Grassley (R)

57%

57%

55%

Bob Krause (D)

31%

31%

33%

Some other candidate

4%

4%

5%

Not sure

8%

8%

8%

April 29, 2010

March 17, 2010

February 18, 2010

Charles Grassley (R)

53%

55%

53%

Roxanne Conlin (D)

40%

36%

36%

Some other candidate

3%

4%

5%

Not sure

4%

5%

6%

April 29, 2010

March 17, 2010

February 18, 2010

Charles Grassley (R)

57%

57%

56%

Tom Fiegen (D)

30%

28%

28%

Some other candidate

6%

7%

6%

Not sure

7%

9%

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 IA Senate Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Grassley

27%

36%

18%

16%

3%

Krause

2%

25%

23%

9%

40%

Conlin

16%

28%

14%

26%

17%

Fiegen

3%

22%

18%

13%

45%

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

43% Strongly favor
13% Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
31% Strongly oppose

6% Not sure

6* How important is it for Congress to pass major energy legislation aimed at reducing global warming this year?

29% Very important

20% Somewhat important

17% Not very important

30% Not at all important

3% Not sure

7* Do you favor or oppose a major energy bill aimed at reducing global warming?

39% Favor
39% Oppose
22% Not sure

8* Some commentators have labeled one of the major political parties as the “Party of No”. Which party is sometimes called the Party of No? Is it the Republicans or the Democrats?

71% Republicans
10% Democrats

20% Not sure

9* In today’s political climate, is it a good thing or a bad thing to be the Party of No?

35% Good
36% Bad
29% Not sure

10* As a nation, is America overtaxed?

60% Yes
30% No
10% Not sure

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