Toplines - Oregon Governor - July 26, 2010

Oregon Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted July 26, 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
    17% Somewhat approve
      9% Somewhat disapprove
    43% Strongly disapprove
      0% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Ted Kulongoski 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
  19% Somewhat disapprove
  34% Strongly disapprove
  4% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Oregon Governor’s Race

 

	Chris Dudley (R)	John Kitzhaber (D)	Some other candidate	Not sure
July 26, 2010	47%	44%	5%	4%
June 17, 2010	47%	45%	4%	4%
May 24, 2010	45%	44%	4%	6%
April 29, 2010	41%	41%	6%	13%
February 17, 2010	36%	42%	7%	15%

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 OR Governor’s Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Dudley	19%	34%	16%	13%	18%
Kitzhaber	24%	23%	11%	33%	8%

 

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?

40% Strongly favor
  8% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
37% Strongly oppose
  5% 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

30% Oppose
11% 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?

 

33% Agree
55% Disagree
12% Not sure

 

8* Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats, criminals and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal for immigration policy?

 

60% Agree
28% Disagree
12% Not sure

9*Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?

 

50% Yes

37% No

13% Not sure 

 

10* Should deepwater oil drilling be allowed?

 

41% Yes

43% No

17% Not sure 

 

11* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

      0% Excellent

      4% Good

    34% Fair

    60% Poor

      2% Not sure

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

    27% Better

    47% Worse

    21% Staying the same

      5% Not sure

13* Is the United States currently in a recession?

    77% Yes

    13% No

    11% Not sure

14* Last year, Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?

 

38% Helped
36% Hurt
20% No impact
  6% Not sure

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