Toplines - 2010 Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary - October 13, 2009
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Prior Survey
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Pennsylvania
State Survey of 469 Likely Democratic Primary Voters
Conducted
October 13, 2009
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?
55% Strongly approve
24% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat
disapprove
13% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* Suppose
the Democratic Primary for the 2010 United States Senate were held today. Would you vote for Arlen Specter or Joe Sestak?
46% Specter
42% Sestak
2% Some other candidate
10% Not sure
3* 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.
|
Specter |
Sestak |
Very Favorable |
30% |
14% |
Somewhat Favorable |
38% |
31% |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
13% |
17% |
Very Unfavorable |
17% |
8% |
Not Sure |
1% |
30% |
4* Would
you favor or oppose the creation of a government-sponsored non-profit health
insurance option that people could choose instead of a private health insurance
plan?
66% Favor
21% Oppose
13% Not sure
5*Suppose that the creation of a
government-sponsored non-profit health insurance option encouraged companies to
drop private health insurance coverage for their workers. Workers would then be
covered by the government option. Would you favor or oppose the creation of a
government-sponsored non-profit health insurance option if it encouraged
companies to drop private health insurance coverage for their workers?
37% Favor
45% Oppose
18% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence