Toplines - Massachusetts Governor - June 21, 2010
Massachusetts
State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 21, 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
23% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
32% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How
would you rate the job Deval Patrick has been doing
as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
14% Strongly approve
34% Somewhat approve
20% Somewhat disapprove
30% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Massachusetts Governor Race
|
June
21, 2010 |
May
10, 2010 |
April
5, 2010 |
March
8, 2010 |
November
23, 2009 |
Charlie Baker (R) |
34% |
31% |
27% |
32% |
28% |
Deval
Patrick (D) |
41% |
45% |
35% |
35% |
33% |
Tim Cahill (I) |
16% |
14% |
23% |
19% |
25% |
Not sure |
9% |
10% |
15% |
14% |
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 MA Governor Race |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Patrick |
13% |
39% |
23% |
24% |
1% |
Baker |
13% |
33% |
23% |
12% |
20% |
5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat
unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Scott Brown?
33% Very favorable
27% Somewhat favorable
17% Somewhat unfavorable
16% Very unfavorable
6% Not sure
6* 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?
36% Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
13% Somewhat oppose
35% Strongly oppose
5% Not sure
7* How closely have you followed news stories about the new
immigration law in Arizona?
52% Very closely
32% Somewhat closely
10% Not very closely
2% Not at all
4% Not sure
8* Suppose the new Arizona immigration
law was being considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of
that law in your state?
45% Favor
38% Oppose
17% Not sure
9* 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?
56% Yes
35% No
9% Not sure
10*Should offshore oil drilling be
allowed?
48% Yes
32% No
20% Not sure
11* 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?
52% A devastating impact on the environment
31% A major impact
12% A modest impact
3% A minor impact
0% It will have little lasting impact
on the environment
2% Not sure
12* Who
should pay for the clean-up from the oil leak – the companies who were drilling
for oil, the government or both?
78% The companies
who were drilling for oil
3% The government
17% Both
1% Not sure
13* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
15% Yes
69% No
16% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence