Questions - Florida Governor - October 27, 2010

Florida Survey of 750 Likely Voters

Conducted October 27, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

      

1* If the 2010 election for Florida’s next Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Rick Scott or Democrat Alex Sink? (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.)

 

48% Rick Scott
45% Alex Sink
  3% 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.

 

Rick Scott
Alex Sink

 

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* Okay…Now I’m going to ready 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.

 

Rick Scott
Alex Sink

 

5* When it comes to determining how you will vote, which is most important—the candidate’s position on issues or the candidate’s personal character?

 

6* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

7* Are your personal finances getting better these days, or worse?

8* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

 

9* 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?

 

10* How would you rate the job Charlie Crist 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