Toplines - Florida Governor - June 7, 2010

Florida Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted June 7, 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?

   

33% Strongly approve

    13% Somewhat approve

      8% Somewhat disapprove

    45% Strongly disapprove

      0% Not sure

 

2* 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?

   

    22% Strongly approve

    38% Somewhat approve

    25% Somewhat disapprove

    12% Strongly disapprove

      2% Not sure

 

3* Election 2010: Florida Governor

 

	June 7, 2010	May 16, 2010	April 15, 2010
Bill McCollum (R)	40%	43%	45%
Alex Sink (D)	38%	35%	38%
Some other candidate	8%	11%	7%
Not sure	14%	11%	10%

 

	June 7, 2010	May 16, 2010
Rick Scott (R)	45%	41%
Alex Sink (D)	40%	40%
Some other candidate	3%	7%
Not sure	12%	12%

 

4* Favorable Ratings for Candidates in 2010 Florida Governor’s Race

   

	Very favorable	Somewhat favorable	Somewhat unfavorable	Very unfavorable	Not sure
Bill McCollum	12%	28%	26%	17%	17%
Alex Sink	11%	30%	19%	15%	25%
Rick Scott	18%	27%	16%	17%	23%

 

5* Which is a bigger problem in Florida today—that voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes or that the politicians are unwilling to control government spending?

 

    10% Voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes
    78% Politicians are unwilling to control government spending
    11% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence