Toplines - 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Election - December 8, 2009
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Pennsylvania Survey of 1,200 Likely
Voters
Conducted December 8, 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?
27% Strongly approve
23% Somewhat approve
10% Somewhat disapprove
38% Strongly disapprove
1% 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?
11% Strongly approve
28% Somewhat approve
21% Somewhat disapprove
38% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Pennsylvania Senate Race
Pat
Toomey (R) |
46% |
Arlen
Specter (D) |
42% |
Some
other candidate |
4% |
Not sure |
8% |
4* 2010
Pennsylvania Senate Race
Pat
Toomey (R) |
44% |
Joe Sestak (D) |
38% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
13% |
5* 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 |
16% |
28% |
15% |
35% |
6% |
Pat
Toomey |
15% |
36% |
20% |
9% |
19% |
Joe Sestak |
11% |
25% |
26% |
12% |
26% |
6*
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?
23% Strongly favor
21% Somewhat favor
12% Somewhat oppose
41% Strongly oppose
3% Not sure
7* 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?
42% Favor
39% Oppose
18% Not sure
8*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?
24% Favor
62% Oppose
14% Not sure
9* Overall, how would you rate President Obama’s handling
of the situation in Afghanistan…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
8% Excellent
27% Good
32% Fair
31% Poor
2% Not sure
10* Do you favor or oppose the President’s proposal to send
30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?
51% Favor
33% Oppose
16% Not sure
11* Do you favor or oppose the President’s commitment to a
timetable that would begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 18 months? (dec 2-3)
46% Favor
41% Oppose
12% Not sure
12*
Overall, do you favor or oppose President Obama’s new plan for the war in
Afghanistan?
35% Favor
40% Oppose
25% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence