Iowa

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 Iowa Senate Race

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 U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor? 0% Excellent

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