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Pennsylvania Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted September 13, 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?

 

  26% Strongly approve

  21% Somewhat approve

  11% Somewhat disapprove

  40% Strongly disapprove

    2% Not sure

 

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

 

  19% Strongly approve

  26% Somewhat approve

  21% Somewhat disapprove

  32% Strongly disapprove

    2% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Pennsylvania Election for Governor

 

 

Tom Corbett (R)

Dan Onorato (D)

Some other candidate

Not sure

Sept 13, 2010

49%

39%

2%

10%

Aug 30, 2010

50%

37%

3%

10%

Aug 16, 2010

48%

38%

5%

9%

July 28, 2010

50%

39%

3%

8%

July 14, 2010

48%

38%

5%

10%

June 29, 2010

49%

39%

4%

8%

June 2, 2010

49%

33%

5%

13%

May 19, 2010

49%

36%

4%

10%

April 15, 2010

45%

36%

8%

11%

March 16, 2010

46%

29%

7%

17%

February 10, 2010

52%

26%

5%

17%

 

 

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.

 

 

Corbett

Onorato

Very Favorable

29%

20%

Somewhat Favorable

30%

27%

Somewhat Unfavorable

19%

20%

Very Unfavorable

9%

12%

Not Sure

13%

20%

 

 

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

 

55% Favor

33% Oppose
12% Not sure

 

6* Okay, would you favor or oppose strict government sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants?

 

75% Favor
12% Oppose
13% Not sure

 

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