Questions - Connecticut Senate - October 31, 2010

Connecticut State Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted October 31, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the 2010 Election for United States senate, were held today would you vote for Republican Linda McMahon or Democrat Richard Blumenthal? (Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidate names, so while half will hear the Republican candidate first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.)

53% Blumenthal
46% McMahon
  0% Some other candidate
  1% Not sure

2* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know You have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Blumenthal
McMahon

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* Thinking about this year's elections - suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the U.S. Senate this year.  Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party?  

5* Is this election a referendum on President Obama‘s agenda or is it more about individual candidates and issues?

6* How confident are you that votes are accurately counted in elections in the United States and that the right person is declared the winner?

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

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

9* Is the United States currently in a recession?

10* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

11* 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?

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

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