Toplines - 2010 Ohio Governor - June 3, 2010

Ohio Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 3, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* 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?

      

       13% Strongly approve

       30% Somewhat approve

       25% Somewhat disapprove

       30% Strongly disapprove

         1% Not sure

 

 

2* 2010 Ohio Governor’s Race

	June 3, 2010	May 5, 2010	Mar 30, 2010	Mar 4, 2010	Feb 5-6, 2010
John Kasich (R)	47%	46%	46%	49%	47%
Ted Strickland (D)	42%	45%	45%	38%	41%
Some other candidate	4%	3%	2%	6%	5%
Not sure	8%	6%	7%	7%	8%

 

 

3* 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 Ohio Governor’s Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Strickland	19%	26%	21%	28%	5%
Kasich	23%	27%	14%	13%	24%

 

4* How closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in Arizona?

 

       47% Very closely
       37% Somewhat closely

         9% Not very closely

         5% Not at all
         2% 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?

 

       58% Favor

       26% 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
       11% Not sure

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