Toplines - Wisconsin Senate - February 17, 2010
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Wisconsin State Survey of 500
Likely Voters
Conducted February 17, 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?
27% Strongly approve
20% Somewhat approve
14% Somewhat disapprove
38% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Jim
Doyle has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
16% Strongly approve
24% Somewhat approve
20% Somewhat disapprove
40% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010
Wisconsin Senate Race
Tommy
Thompson (R) |
48% |
Russ
Feingold (D) |
43% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
4% |
Dave
Westlake (R) |
37% |
Russ
Feingold (D) |
47% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
10% |
Terrence
Wall (R) |
39% |
Russ
Feingold (D) |
47% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
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 WI Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Thompson |
25% |
38% |
17% |
17% |
3% |
Feingold |
28% |
22% |
18% |
30% |
2% |
Wall |
5% |
29% |
24% |
11% |
31% |
Westlake |
3% |
30% |
19% |
12% |
36% |
5* How
would you rate your own personal finances these days?
9% Excellent
34%
Good
38% Fair
16% Poor
3% Not sure
6* Are your personal finances getting better
these days, or worse?
21% Better
40% Worse
35% About
the same
3% Not sure
7* Is it possible to balance the federal budget without raising
taxes?
46%
Yes
32%
No
22%
Not sure
8* Do you
favor or oppose an income tax cut for all Americans?
48%
Favor
34%
Oppose
18%
Not sure
9* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or
increasing government spending?
60% Cutting taxes
15% Increasing government spending
28% Neither
6% Not sure
10* Who is winning the War on
Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
51% United States and its allies
16% Terrorists
23% Neither
10% Not Sure
11* Is the United States today safer than it was before the 9/11
terrorist attacks?
44% Yes
34% No
23% 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?
73% The
American people
11%
America’s political leaders
16% 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?
72% Yes
14% No
14% Not
sure
14* Do
government and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers and
investors?
71% Yes
11% No
18% Not
sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence