Questions - Alaska Governor - October 13, 2010
Alaska Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 13, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* If the
2010 election for Alaska’s next Governor were held today, would you vote for
Republican Sean Parnell or
Democrat Ethan Berkowitz? (Please note that we split the survey to
rotate the order of the candidate names, so while half will hear the Republican
candidate first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.)
52% Sean
Parnell
39% Ethan
Berkowitz
5% Some Other Candidate
5% Not Sure
2* 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.
Parnell
Berkowitz
3*A
proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going
into effect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly
oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?
4* The health care plan passed by
Congress requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance. Do you
Strongly Favor, Somewhat Favor, Somewhat Oppose, or Strongly Oppose a federal
law that requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance?
5* Should individual states have the right to
opt out of the entire national health care plan?
6* Is your
representative in Congress the best possible person for the job?
7* Regardless of how Congress is
doing overall, does your local representative in Congress deserve to be
reelected?
8* Generally speaking, would it
better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were reelected this
November or if most of them were defeated?
9*
Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
10* Are economic conditions in the
country getting better or worse?
11* Last year,
Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So
far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had
no impact on the economy?
12* In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries
you more….that the federal government will do too much or that the federal
government will not do enough?
13* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
14* 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?
15* How
would you rate the job Sean Parnell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been
doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level
of confidence