Questions - California Governor - October 21, 2010
California State Survey of 750
Likely Voters
Conducted October 21, 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.)
42%
Whitman
48% Brown
4%
Some other candidate
6% 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.
Whitman
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* I’m going to read you a short
list of names. In political terms please
tell me whether that person is very conservative, somewhat conservative,
moderate, somewhat liberal or very liberal.
Whitman
Brown
5* Would it be more accurate to describe [candidate’s name] as
mainstream or extreme?
Whitman
Brown
6* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence