Toplines - 2010 Maryland Senate - February 23, 2010
Conducted February 23, 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?
38% Strongly approve
21% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat disapprove
32% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job
Martin O’Malley has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?
18% Strongly approve
35% Somewhat approve
19% Somewhat disapprove
23% Strongly disapprove
5% Not sure
3* 2010 Maryland
Senate Race
Republican
Candidate |
36% |
Barbara
Mikulski (D) |
54% |
Some other
candidate |
2% |
Not sure |
8% |
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 MD Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Mikulski |
37% |
26% |
12% |
19% |
7% |
5* How
would you rate your own personal finances these days?
14% Excellent
32%
Good
36% Fair
15% Poor
4% Not sure
6* Are your personal finances getting better
these days, or worse?
19% Better
44% Worse
34% About
the same
3% Not sure
7* Is it possible to balance the federal budget without raising
taxes?
43%
Yes
37%
No
20%
Not sure
8* Do you
favor or oppose an income tax cut for all Americans?
46%
Favor
39%
Oppose
15%
Not sure
9* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or
increasing government spending?
48% Cutting taxes
22% Increasing government spending
21% Neither
8% Not sure
10* Who is winning the War on
Terrorism…the
51%
18% Terrorists
24% Neither
7% Not Sure
11* Is the
44% Yes
32% No
25% 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?
65%
The American people
16%
19% 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?
62%
Yes
25% No
14%
Not sure
14* Do government
and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers and
investors?
65%
Yes
12%
No
23%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence