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
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.