Toplines - Arizona GOP Primary for U.S. Senate - July 21, 2010

Arizona Survey of 595 Likely Republican Primary Voters
Conducted June 21, 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?

  4% Strongly approve
         7% Somewhat approve
         6% Somewhat disapprove
       82% Strongly disapprove
         1% Not sure

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

58% Strongly approve

       28% Somewhat approve

         8% Somewhat disapprove

         6% Strongly disapprove

         0% Not sure

 

3* Republican Primary for the 2010 United States Senate

 

	July 21, 2010	May 17, 2010	April 13, 2010	March 16, 2010
McCain	54%	52%	47%	48%
Hayworth	34%	40%	42%	41%
Some other candidate	7%	2%	2%	3%
Not sure	6%	6%	8%	8%

 

 

 

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	Very favorable	Somewhat favorable	Somewhat unfavorable	Very unfavorable	Not sure
McCain	32%	30%	20%	17%	1%
Hayworth	16%	25%	23%	33%	4%

 

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?

 

73% Strongly favor

12% Somewhat favor

  7% Somewhat oppose

  7% Strongly oppose

  1% Not sure

 

6* Do you favor or oppose the state’s new immigration law?

 

89% Favor
  6% Oppose
  5% 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?

 

13% Agree
83% Disagree
  5% 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?

 

62% Agree
25% Disagree
13% Not sure

 

9* Is President Obama sending too many or not enough U.S. troops to Arizona's border with Mexico, or are the number of troops about right?

 

  3% Too many troops

88% Not enough troops

  5% The number of troops is about right

  4% Not sure

 

10* Has the new immigration law affected Arizona’s image positively or negatively?

60% Positively

26% Negatively

  4% No impact

10% Not sure

 

11* Will the new immigration legislation be good or bad for the Arizona economy?

 

64% Good

17% Bad

  9% No impact

10% Not sure

 

12* Have you ever voted for an independent candidate not affiliated with either major party?

 

54% Yes

41% No

  6% Not sure 

 

13* Are you more likely or less likely to vote for an independent candidate in this election than in past elections?

 

26% More likely

45% Less likely

25% About the same

  5% Not sure

 

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

  0% Excellent

  3% Good

20% Fair

77% Poor

  0% Not sure

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

 

  7% Better

72% Worse

18% Staying the same

  4% Not sure

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