Toplines - Oregon Governor - May 24, 2010

Oregon Governor

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 20, 2010

 

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?

37% Strongly approve

15% Somewhat approve

8% Somewhat disapprove

41% 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?

18% Strongly approve

28% Somewhat approve

17% Somewhat disapprove

34% Strongly disapprove

2% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Oregon Governor’s Race

Chris Dudley (R)	45%
John Kitzhaber (D)	44%
Some other candidate	4%
Not sure	6%

 

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 Senate Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Dudley	20%	33%	16%	9%	22%
Kitzhaber	27%	19%	12%	35%	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

6% Somewhat favor

9% Somewhat oppose

40% Strongly oppose

4% Not sure

 

 

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

 

65% Very closely
23% Somewhat closely
9% Not very closely
2% 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?

53% Favor

40% Oppose
8% 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?

 

66% Yes
27% No
7% Not sure

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