Toplines - Maine Governor - June 10, 2010
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Maine State Survey
of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 10, 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?
28%
Strongly approve
20%
Somewhat approve
13%
Somewhat disapprove
38%
Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job John Baldacci
has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
8% Strongly approve
33%
Somewhat approve
28%
Somewhat disapprove
31%
Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Maine Governor’s
Race
Candidate
for ME Governor’s Race |
|
Paul
LePage (R) |
43% |
Libby
Mitchell (D) |
36% |
Eliot
Cutler (I) |
7% |
Not
sure |
14% |
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 ME Governor’s Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not
sure |
LePage |
25% |
34% |
16% |
9% |
16% |
Mitchell |
22% |
28% |
22% |
18% |
10% |
Cutler |
3% |
22% |
22% |
7% |
46% |
5* 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?
41% Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
11% Somewhat oppose
30% Strongly oppose
6% Not sure
6* How closely have you followed
news stories about the new immigration law in Arizona?
43% Very
closely
37% Somewhat closely
15% Not very closely
5% Not at all
1% Not sure
7* Suppose
the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state. Would you
favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?
56% Favor
28%
Oppose
16% Not sure
8* Suppose a
police officer stops someone for a traffic violation or a violation of some
other law. If the police officer suspects that the person they stopped might be
an illegal immigrant, should the officer be required to check their immigration
status?
70% Yes
20% No
10% Not sure
9* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat
unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
9% Very favorable
17%
Somewhat favorable
17%
Somewhat unfavorable
13%
Very unfavorable
43% Not sure
10* The
U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court
nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm
Elena Kagan as a Supreme
Court Justice?
36% Yes
31% No
33% Not sure
11*Should
offshore oil drilling be allowed?
54% Yes
31% No
14% Not
sure
12* In the long-term, will the
recent Gulf Oil Spill have a devastating impact on the environment, a major
impact, a modest impact, a minor impact, or will it have little lasting impact
on the environment?
54% A devastating impact on the environment
30%
A major impact
12% A modest impact
3% A minor impact
1% It will have little lasting impact
on the environment
1% Not sure
13* Who
should pay for the clean-up from the oil leak – the companies who were drilling
for oil, the government or both?
83% The companies who were drilling for oil
2% The government
14% Both
1% Not
sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence