Toplines - Virginia Governor Election - September 1, 2009
See Article
See Crosstabs
Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Virginia
State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted
September 1, 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?
32% Strongly
approve
18% Somewhat
approve
7% Somewhat
disapprove
42% Strongly
disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How
would you rate the job Tim Kaine 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
31% Somewhat
approve
25% Somewhat
disapprove
21% Strongly
disapprove
3% Not sure
3* In
thinking about the 2009 election for Governor of Virginia if the election were
held today would you vote for Republican Robert McDonnell or Democrat Creigh Deeds?
|
Without Leaners |
With Leaners |
Robert
McDonnell |
49% |
51% |
Creigh Deeds |
39% |
42% |
Some
Other Candidates |
3% |
1% |
Not sure |
9% |
6% |
4* 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.
|
McDonnell |
Deeds |
Warner |
Kaine |
Very
Favorable |
25% |
19% |
33% |
22% |
Somewhat
Favorable |
30% |
29% |
29% |
30% |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
20% |
25% |
17% |
24% |
Very
Unfavorable |
8% |
17% |
13% |
19% |
Not Sure |
16% |
10% |
9% |
6% |
5* Which gubernatorial candidate do you trust more on
taxes….Robert McDonnell or Creigh Deeds?
50% McDonnell
35% Deeds
15% Not sure
6*
Okay…which candidate do you trust more to cut government spending?
51% McDonnell
29% Deeds
20% Not sure
7*
Fine…which candidate is more likely to confront Virginia's transportation
problems?
36% McDonnell
35% Deeds
30% Not sure
8*
next….which candidate do you trust more on the issue of abortion?
38% McDonnell
37% Deeds
25% Not sure
9* How
closely have you been following recent news stories about the thesis written by
Robert McDonnell twenty years ago?
24% Very closely
25% Somewhat
closely
27% Not very closely
22% Not at all
1% Not sure
10* In
terms of how you will vote this November, how important is the content of
McDonnell’s thesis?
17% Very important
19% Somewhat
important
25% Not very important
24% Not at all important
14% Not sure
11* In
terms of how you will vote in the 2009 Governor Election, how important is the performance
of President Obama?
36% Very important
20% Somewhat
important
22% Not very important
15% Not at all important
7% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence