Massachusetts Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted December 9, 2008

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

55% Strongly approve

23% Somewhat approve

10% Somewhat disapprove

10% Strongly disapprove

2% 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?

20% Strongly approve

35% Somewhat approve

17% Somewhat disapprove

24% Strongly disapprove

4% Not sure

3* Massachusetts recently enacted a universal coverage bill for Healthcare. Since then, has the quality of healthcare increased, decreased or stayed the same?

19% Increased

18% Decreased

49% Stayed the same

14% Not sure

4* Would it be good for the country or bad for the country if the Massachusetts program became a model for reforming healthcare nationwide?

40% Good

28% Bad

11% No impact

20% Not sure

5* Because of demand from newly insured patients the wait for a doctors appointment in Massachusetts has increased. One solution to this has been to have group medical appointments where doctors would see their patients in groups. How likely are you to go to a group appointment?

7% Very likely

9% Somewhat likely

37% Not very likely

46% Not at all likely

1% Not sure

6* Do you favor or oppose a single payer national health plan overseen by the federal government?

34% Favor

37% Oppose

28% Not sure

7* Would you favor or oppose a government controlled health plan for those that cannot get insurance if it meant an increase in your personal income tax?

41% Favor

39% Oppose

21% Not sure

8* Would you favor or oppose a government controlled health plan if it meant you had to change your own insurance coverage?

20% Favor

58% Oppose

23% Not sure

9* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Ted Kennedy?

40% Very favorable

25% Somewhat favorable

16% Somewhat unfavorable

17% Very unfavorable

2% Not sure

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