Toplines - 2010 Ohio Governor - July 15, 2010

Ohio Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted July 19, 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?

 

  31% Strongly approve

  15% Somewhat approve

    8% Somewhat disapprove

  46% Strongly disapprove

    0% Not sure

 

2* How would you rate the job Ted Strickland has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

  15% Strongly approve

  29% Somewhat approve

  25% Somewhat disapprove

  30% Strongly disapprove

    1% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Ohio Governor’s Race

 

	John Kasich (R)	Ted Strickland (D)	Some Other Candidate	Not Sure
July 19, 2010	48%	43%	3%	5%
June 29, 2010	47%	40%	3%	10%
June 3, 2010	47%	42%	4%	8%
May 5, 2010	46%	45%	3%	6%
March 30, 2010	46%	45%	2%	7%
March 4, 2010	49%	38%	6%	7%
February 5-6, 2010	47%	41%	5%	8%

 

 

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 OH Governor’s Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Strickland	21%	25%	21%	29%	4%
Kasich	19%	30%	15%	16%	20%

 

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?

 

47% Strongly favor

12% Somewhat favor

  7% Somewhat oppose

28% Strongly oppose

  6% Not sure

 

6* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?

 

59% Favor
25% Oppose
16% Not sure

 

7* 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 Arizona’s new immigration law?

 

31% Agree
58% Disagree
11% Not sure

 

8* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

27% Better

48% Worse
22% Staying the same
  3% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence