Toplines - 2010 Arizona Governor Race - September 27, 2009
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September 24, 2009
Survey of 500 Likely
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?
30% Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat
disapprove
47% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How would you rate
the job Jan Brewer has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
8% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
36% Somewhat disapprove
21% Strongly disapprove
5% Not sure
3* In thinking about the 2010 election for
35% Brewer
42% Goddard
13% Some
other candidate
11% Not sure
4* In thinking about the 2010 election for
44% Goddard
37% Symington
9% Some other candidate
10% Not sure
Now 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.
5* First..Terry Goddard
16% Very favorable
38% Somewhat
favorable
21% Somewhat
unfavorable
17% Very unfavorable
8% Not sure
6* Next
Jan Brewer
7% Very favorable
35% Somewhat
favorable
32% Somewhat
unfavorable
22% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure
7* Last
one…Fife Symington
10% Very favorable
26% Somewhat
favorable
24% Somewhat
unfavorable
30% Very unfavorable
11% Not sure
8* How would you rate
the job John McCain been doing as Senator… do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
22% Strongly approve
34% Somewhat approve
19% Somewhat disapprove
24% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
9* Over
the past several years, has John McCain done a good job of representing
Republican values? Or has he lost touch with Republican voters in
36% He’s done a good job representing Republican values
46% He’s lost touch with Republican voters
17% Not sure
10* How
likely is it that John McCain will win the Republican Senate Primary in 2010?
38% Very likely
33% Somewhat likely
13% Not very likely
10% Not at all likely
6% Not sure
11* How would you rate the way that Jan Brewer has handled
the negotiations regarding the Arizona state budget…excellent, good, fair or
poor?
4% Excellent
17% Good
37% Fair
38% Poor
3% Not sure
12* In dealing with the Arizona state budget negotiations
has Jan Brewer done a better job that Janet Napolitano would have done, a worse
jobs than Janet Napolitano would have done or about the same?
29% Better
38% Worse
28% About the same
5% Not sure
13* Which is a bigger problem in
17% Voters
are unwilling to pay enough in taxes
76% Politicians are unwilling to control government spending
7% Not sure
14* Generally speaking, does the state government try to do
too much, not enough or does it do about the right amount of what the public
wants?
41% State
government tries to do too much
39% State government does not do enough
15% State government does about the right amount
6% Not sure
15*
Generally speaking, do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or
strongly oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the
congressional Democrats?
24% Strongly favor
17% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
47% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
16* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better,
worse, or stay about the same?
19% Better
55% Worse
21% Stay the same
5% Not sure
17* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go down, or
stay about the same?
56% The cost of health care will
go up
21% The cost will go down
16% Stay the same
6% Not sure
18* Is the
health care reform legislation being considered by Congress likely to increase
the deficit, reduce the deficit, or have no impact on the deficit?
69% Increase the deficit
6% Reduce the deficit
19% Have no impact on the deficit
6% Not sure
19* To
cover the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to
be raised on the middle class?
63% Very likely
14% Somewhat likely
19% Not very likely
3% Not at all
likely
2% Not sure
20* Has there been a reduction in illegal immigration since the
beginning of the year?
38% Yes
38% No
24% Not sure
21* How
likely is it that the recession in the
31% Very likely
29% Somewhat likely
24% Not very likely
12% Not at all likely
3% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence