Toplines - 2010 Indiana Senate - April 13-14, 2010
Indiana State Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted April 13-14, 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?
19%
Strongly approve
20% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
47% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Mitch
Daniels has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
25% Strongly approve
35% Somewhat approve
16% Somewhat disapprove
22% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Indiana Senate Race
|
April 13-14, 2010 |
March 17-18, 2010 |
February 16-17, 2010 |
Dan
Coats (R) |
54% |
49% |
46% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
33% |
34% |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
6% |
7% |
Not sure |
9% |
12% |
15% |
|
April 13-14, 2010 |
March 17-18, 2010 |
February 16-17, 2010 |
John
Hostettler (R) |
50% |
50% |
46% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
33% |
32% |
27% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
4% |
7% |
Not sure |
12% |
15% |
19% |
|
April 13-14, 2010 |
March 17-18, 2010 |
February 16-17, 2010 |
Marlin Stutzman (R) |
41% |
41% |
40% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
36% |
34% |
30% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
6% |
9% |
Not sure |
16% |
18% |
21% |
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
for IN Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Coats |
17% |
44% |
13% |
8% |
18% |
Hostettler |
14% |
33% |
21% |
9% |
22% |
Ellsworth |
14% |
26% |
21% |
16% |
23% |
Stutzman |
6% |
31% |
23% |
7% |
33% |
5* Will the health care plan passed by Congress and signed into
law by President Obama be good for the country or bad for the country?
28% Good
58% Bad
1% No impact
12% Not sure
6* 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?
56% Strongly
favor
9% Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
21% Strongly oppose
6% Not sure
7* The health
care plan passed by Congress would require 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?
20% Strongly
favor
17% Somewhat favor
13% Somewhat oppose
46% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
8*Some people
believe a federal law requiring every American to buy or obtain health
insurance is unconstitutional. Some states have announced that they will sue
the federal government to fight that requirement. Would you favor or oppose
having your state sue the federal government to prevent it from becoming law?
56% Favor
31% Oppose
13% Not sure
9* When you think about the major issues facing
the country, whose views are closest to your own President Barack Obama
or the average tea party member?
32% President Barack Obama
55% The average Tea Party
member
13% Not sure
10* How concerned are you that those opposed to President Obama’s
policies will resort to violence?
21% Very concerned
20% Somewhat concerned
28% Not very concerned
27% Not at all concerned
4% Not sure
11*Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
2% Excellent
5% Good
33% Fair
57% Poor
2% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
31% Better
46% Worse
20% About the same
4% Not sure
13* Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?
69% Yes
11% No
20% Not sure
14* President Obama has proposed allowing more offshore drilling
in some areas. However, drilling will not be permitted off the coasts of
California and the New England states. Should offshore oil drilling be
permitted off the coasts of California and the New England states?
57% Yes
17% No
26% Not sure
15* Should individual states have the right to ban drilling off their
own coastlines?
41% Yes
37% No
22% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence