Massachusetts Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted April 16, 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?

38% Strongly approve

20% Somewhat approve

16% Somewhat disapprove

26% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Deval Patrick has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

8% Strongly approve

26% Somewhat approve

26% Somewhat disapprove

39% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

3* How likely is it that you will vote for Deval Patrick for Governor in next year’s gubernatorial election?

13% Very likely

20% Somewhat likely

19% Not very likely

38% Not at all likely

9% Not sure

4* Who did a job as Governor—Deval Patrick or Mitt Romney?

32% Deval Patrick
49% Mitt Romney
16% Neither
3% Not sure

5* Governor Deval Patrick has proposed several state taxes in the past few weeks. He has suggested taxing gas, alcohol and even candy. Are you afraid Massachusetts is returning to its former nickname--“Tax-achusetts?”

70% Yes

24% No

6% Not sure

6* How much do you miss George W. Bush?

13% A lot
18% A little
65% Not at all
4% Not sure

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