Toplines - 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Election - February 8, 2010
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Pennsylvania Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters
Conducted February 8, 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?
28% Strongly approve
16% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
43% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate
the job Ed Rendell 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
30% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
32% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010
Pennsylvania Senate Race
Pat
Toomey (R) |
47% |
Arlen
Specter (D) |
38% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
10% |
Pat
Toomey (R) |
43% |
Joe Sestak (D) |
35% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
15% |
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 PA Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Arlen
Specter |
18% |
23% |
16% |
38% |
5% |
Pat
Toomey |
14% |
43% |
18% |
10% |
16% |
Joe Sestak |
7% |
26% |
29% |
13% |
25% |
5* How
would you rate your own personal finances these days?
6% Excellent
31%
Good
40% Fair
20% Poor
3% Not sure
6* Are your personal finances getting better
these days, or worse?
14% Better
54% Worse
29% About
the same
2% Not sure
7* Is it possible to balance the federal budget without raising
taxes?
55%
Yes
28%
No
17%
Not sure
8* Do you
favor or oppose an income tax cut for all Americans?
53%
Favor
30%
Oppose
16%
Not sure
9* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or
increasing government spending?
61% Cutting taxes
12% Increasing government spending
19% Neither
7% Not sure
10* Who is winning the War on
Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
39% United States and its allies
30% Terrorists
23% Neither
7% Not Sure
11* Is the United States today safer than it was before the 9/11
terrorist attacks?
39% Yes
41% No
20% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence