Toplines - Massachusetts Special Election - January 4, 2010
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Massachusetts State Survey of 500
Likely Voters
Conducted January 4, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Election 2010: Massachusetts Senate Special Election
Brown |
41% |
Coakley |
50% |
Some other candidate |
1% |
Not sure |
7% |
2* Favorable Ratings for Candidates
in 2010 Senate Special Election
|
Brown |
Coakley |
Very Favorable |
26% |
21% |
Somewhat Favorable |
32% |
39% |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
20% |
13% |
Very Unfavorable |
5% |
22% |
Not Sure |
17% |
4% |
3*
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?
27%
Strongly favor
26% Somewhat favor
9% Somewhat oppose
36% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
4* What is
the biggest problem with health care - the lack of universal coverage, the
cost, the inconvenience of scheduling or the quality of care?
24% Lack
of universal coverage
54% Cost
3% Inconvenience of scheduling
11%
Quality of care
8% Not sure
5* Do you
favor or oppose a single payer health care system where the federal government
provides coverage for everyone?
43% Favor
45% Oppose
13% Not sure
6* If the health care reform plan passes, should individual states have
the right to opt out of the entire plan?
39% Yes
45% No
15% Not sure
7* Overall, how would you rate President Obama’s handling
of the situation in Afghanistan…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
14% Excellent
30% Good
31% Fair
24% Poor
1% Not sure
8* Who is winning the War on
Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
31% United States and its allies
32% Terrorists
32% Neither
6% Not sure
9* Over the next six months will the situation in Afghanistan
get better or worse?
19% Better
45% Worse
23% Stay about the same
13% Not sure
10* Some people say that there is a natural
tension between protecting individual rights and national security. In the
United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting
individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the
balance about right?
37% Legal
system worries too much about protecting individual rights
26% Legal system worries too much about protecting national security
25% Balance is about right
12% Not sure
11* 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?
35% Strongly approve
22% Somewhat approve
12% Somewhat disapprove
30% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
12* How would you
rate the job Deval Patrick has been doing as
Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
9% Strongly approve
32% Somewhat approve
17% Somewhat disapprove
40% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence