Questions - California Governor - October 13, 2010
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Conducted October 13, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* If the 2010 Election for Governor of California were
held today would you vote for Republican Meg Whitman or Democrat Jerry Brown? (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.)
44% Meg Whitman
50% Jerry Brown
2% Some other
candidate
4% 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.
Meg
Whitman
Jerry
Brown
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* Are
most political debates informative or useless?
7* Which is more important in determining the outcome of most elections – a candidate’s political positions or how much money a candidate has to spend?
8* Is
it possible for a candidate to win an election without criticizing his
opponent?
9* Is it a negative ad when one candidate accurately describes
the position of another candidate?
10* Do you
know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
11* Is the job market better than it was
a year ago, worse than it was a year ago or about the same?
12* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
13* 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?
14* How would you rate the job Arnold
Schwarzenegger 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 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence