Toplines - Colorado Governor - July 15, 2010
Colorado
Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted July 15, 2010
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?
29%
Strongly approve
16% Somewhat approve
7% Somewhat disapprove
48% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Bill
Ritter has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
17%
Strongly approve
27%
Somewhat approve
19%
Somewhat disapprove
34% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010 Colorado Governor’s Race
|
Scott McInnis (R) |
John Hickenlooper (D) |
Some Other Candidate |
Not Sure |
July 15,
2010 |
43% |
45% |
7% |
5% |
June 14,
2010 |
46% |
41% |
4% |
9% |
May 11,
2010 |
47% |
41% |
6% |
6% |
April
14, 2010 |
48% |
42% |
4% |
6% |
March 4,
2010 |
48% |
42% |
3% |
6% |
February
4, 2010 |
45% |
49% |
1% |
6% |
|
Dan Maes (R) |
John Hickenlooper (D) |
Some Other Candidate |
Not Sure |
July 15,
2010 |
43% |
46% |
5% |
7% |
June 14,
2010 |
41% |
41% |
5% |
13% |
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.
Candidate
for the CO Governor’s Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
McInnis |
9% |
34% |
23% |
24% |
11% |
Hickenlooper |
28% |
22% |
22% |
22% |
6% |
Maes |
9% |
35% |
19% |
12% |
24% |
5* How closely have you followed
news reports about Scott McInnis and articles he wrote about water policy?
34% Very
closely
31% Somewhat
closely
21% Not
very closely
12% Not at
all closely
2% Not sure
6* In terms of how you will vote,
how important is the issue of McInnis and the articles about water policy that
he allegedly plagiarized?
35% Very important
29% Somewhat important
21% Not very important
9% Not at
all important
6% Not sure
7* Should McInnis quit the race for Colorado
governor because of the plagiarism allegations?
35% Yes
36% No
29% Not sure
8* 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?
47% Strongly
favor
7% Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
34% Strongly
oppose
4% Not sure
9* The
U.S. Justice Department has decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new
immigration law in federal court. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to
challenge the legality of
34% Agree
60% Disagree
6% Not sure
10*
Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
29% Better
50% Worse
19% Staying the same
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence