Questions - Texas Governor - October 6, 2010
Texas Survey of 750
Likely Voters
Conducted on October
6, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Election 2010: Texas Governor’s Race
53% Rick Perry (R)
42% Bill White (D)
2%
Some Other Candidate
4%
Not Sure
2* 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.
Rick Perry
Bill White
3*
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?
4* The health care plan passed by Congress requires every
American to buy or obtain health insurance. Do you Strongly Favor, Somewhat
Favor, Somewhat Oppose, or Strongly Oppose a federal
law that requires every American to buy or obtain health insurance?
5* Should individual states
have the right to opt out of the entire national health care plan?
6*
Do the policies and practices of the federal government encourage people to
enter the United States illegally?
7*
Which is the better approach to dealing with illegal immigration—allowing
individual states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws or relying
upon the federal government to enforce immigration laws?
8*
When it comes to determining how you will vote this November, how important is
the issue of immigration?
9* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S.
economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
10* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
11* 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?
12*
In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you
more—that the federal government will do too much or that the federal
government will not do enough?
13* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party
Movement?
14* 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?
15* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor… do you
strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove
of the job he’s been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage
points with a 95% level of confidence