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Toplines - Caroline Kennedy - Janaury 6, 2009

New York Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted January 6, 2009
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?

56% Strongly approve

21% Somewhat approve

7% Somewhat disapprove

12% Strongly disapprove

4% Not sure

2* 2010 Senate Match-Up

King

33%

Kennedy

51%

Some Other Candidate

9%

Not sure

7%

3* Favorable Ratings

Kennedy

King

Very favorable

22%

11%

Somewhat favorable

41%

28%

Somewhat unfavorable

15%

28%

Very unfavorable

16%

9%

Not sure

5%

23%

4* Is Caroline Kennedy qualified to serve in the Senate?

42% Yes
37% No

21% Not sure

5* Would Caroline Kennedy be considered for the Senate seat if her last name was anything but Kennedy?

21% Yes
59% No

20% Not sure

6* Will Caroline Kennedy will be a better senator, a worse senator or about the same as Hillary Clinton?

9% Better
34% Worse

44% About the same

12% Not sure

7* The Kennedy family, the Bush family, and others, have had several generations of family members assume very senior roles in state and national government. How worried are you that the United States is developing an unofficial group of royal families with too much influence over government and politics?

19% Very worried

28% Somewhat worried

36% Not very worried

15% Not at all worried

2% Not sure

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