Toplines - 2010 Iowa Senate - September 22, 2009
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Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted September 22, 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?
30% Strongly approve
18% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat
disapprove
40% Strongly disapprove
3% 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?
14% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
25% Somewhat disapprove
28% Strongly disapprove
4% Not sure
3* 2010
Charles
Grassley (R) |
56% |
Bob
Krause (D) |
30% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
7% |
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 |
30% |
38% |
14% |
16% |
2% |
Krause |
5% |
28% |
22% |
8% |
37% |
5*
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?
20% Strongly favor
21%
Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
43%
Strongly oppose
6% Not sure
6* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better,
worse, or stay about the same?
21% Better
53% Worse
17% Stay the same
9% Not sure
7* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go down, or
stay about the same?
51% Cost of health care will go up
18% Cost will go down
21% Stay the same
10% Not sure
8* Is the
health care reform legislation being considered by Congress likely to increase
the deficit, reduce the deficit, or have no impact on the deficit?
69% Increase the deficit
7% Reduce the deficit
16% No impact on the deficit
8% Not sure
9*To cover
the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to be
raised on the middle class?
59% Very likely
18% Somewhat likely
19% Not very likely
2% Not at all likely
3% Not sure
10* In
reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more….that
the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not
do enough?
55% Federal government will do too much
31% Federal government will not do enough
15% Not sure
11*
Generally speaking, how would you rate the
0% Excellent
9% Good
50% Fair
40% Poor
0% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
35% Better
37% Worse
20% Staying the same
8% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence