Toplines - 2010 New York Senate Election - March 1, 2010

New York State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted March 1, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* 2010 New York Senate Race

George Pataki (R)	42%
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)	44%
Some other candidate	4%
Not sure	9%

Mort Zuckerman (R)	36%
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)	47%
Some other candidate	8%
Not sure	10%

2* 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 NY Senate Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Gillibrand	14%	36%	21%	16%	12%
Zuckerman	8%	34%	19%	10%	29%
Pataki	24%	28%	21%	17%	9%

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

30% Strongly favor
20% Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
36% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure

4* How would you rate the way that Barack Obama has handled the issue of healthcare reform…excellent, good, fair or poor?

18% Excellent
25% Good
16% Fair
39% Poor

2% Not sure

5* What would be a better strategy to reform the healthcare system...passing a comprehensive bill that covers all aspects of the healthcare system or passing smaller bills that address problems individually?

37% Passing a comprehensive bill that cover all aspects of the healthcare system

53% Passing smaller bills that address problems individually

11% Not sure

6* When it comes to health care decisions, who do you fear the most: the federal government or private insurance companies?

43% The federal government
48% Private insurance companies
9% Not sure

7* Is your representative in Congress the best possible person for the job?

31% Yes
36% No
33% Not sure

8* Regardless of how Congress is doing overall, does your local representative in Congress deserve to be reelected?

39% Yes
36% No
25% Not sure

9* Generally speaking, would it better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were reelected this November or if most of them were defeated?

22% Most incumbents were reelected
58% Most incumbents were defeated
19% Not sure

10* A year from today, will the U.S. economy be stronger than it is now, or weaker?

44% Stronger

27% Weaker

21% About the same

8% Not sure

11* How long will it take for housing prices to fully recover from the recent downturn?

6% One year

15% Two years

25% Three years

42% More than three years

12% Not sure

12* Is it possible for anyone who really wants to work to find a job?

33% Yes

47% No

19% Not sure

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