Toplines - Texas Governor's Race - January 17, 2010
Texas Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 17, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Election 2010: Texas Governor’s Race
Rick Perry (R) |
50% |
Bill White (D) |
40% |
Some other candidate |
4% |
Not sure |
6% |
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) |
52% |
Bill White (D) |
37% |
Some other candidate |
4% |
Not sure |
8% |
Debra Medina (R) |
38% |
Bill White (D) |
44% |
Some other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
13% |
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.
Candidate |
Very favorable |
Somewhat favorable |
Somewhat unfavorable |
Very unfavorable |
Not sure |
Rick Perry |
19% |
36% |
21% |
21% |
3% |
Kay Bailey Hutchison |
18% |
43% |
27% |
8% |
4% |
Bill White |
23% |
26% |
18% |
17% |
16% |
Debra
Medina |
10% |
29% |
20% |
12% |
29% |
3* Should
Kay Bailey Hutchison remain in her position as senator while she is running for
Governor?
52% Yes
27% No
21% Not sure
4*
Governor Perry withdrew Texas from a federal program offering up to $700
million in education grants. He
expressed concern about education guidelines from the federal government as a
result of accepting the grant. Do you agree or disagree with Governor Perry’s
decision to turn down $700 million in education grants.
45% Agree
45%
Disagree
10% Not sure
5*
Generally speaking, do
you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the
health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the congressional
Democrats?
20% Strongly favor
19% Somewhat favor
7% Somewhat oppose
50% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
6* How likely is it that there will be another terrorist attack in
the United States in the next year?
33% Very likely
34% Somewhat likely
19% Not very likely
3% Not at all likely
11% Not sure
7* Should the December attempt to blow up an airliner as it was landing in Detroit be
investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act or by civilian
authorities as a criminal act?
68% By the military as a terrorist
act
20% By civilian authorities as a criminal act
12% Not sure
8* How do you rate the way that the
government responded to the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas
Day? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
9% Excellent
25% Good
27% Fair
36% Poor
4% Not sure
9* Do you favor or oppose the use of full-body
scanners at airports in the United States?
69% Favor
14% Oppose
16% Not sure
10* Is the
United States today safer than it was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
36% Yes
42% No
22% Not sure
11*
Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
2% Excellent
7% Good
48% Fair
42% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
34% Better
35% Worse
24% Staying the same
6% Not sure
13* 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?
29% Strongly approve
15% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat disapprove
46% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
14* 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?
16% Strongly approve
37% Somewhat approve
23% Somewhat disapprove
23% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence