Toplines - 2010 Indiana Senate - May 5-6, 2010
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Daily Snapshot
Indiana State Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted May 5-6, 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?
23%
Strongly approve
20% Somewhat approve
12% Somewhat disapprove
44% 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
18% Somewhat disapprove
20% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Indiana Senate Race
|
May 5-6. 2010 |
April 13-14, 2010 |
March 17-18, 2010 |
February 16-17, 2010 |
Dan
Coats (R) |
51% |
54% |
49% |
46% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
36% |
33% |
34% |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
Not sure |
8% |
9% |
12% |
15% |
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 |
13% |
44% |
18% |
9% |
15% |
Ellsworth |
9% |
34% |
22% |
13% |
24% |
5* A proposal has been made to repeal the
health care bill and stop it from going into affect. Do you strongly favor,
somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal the
health care bill?
48% Strongly
favor
11% Somewhat favor
12% Somewhat oppose
26% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
6* 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?
65% Agree
22% Disagree
13% Not sure
7* Do you favor or oppose legislation that
authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone
they suspect of being an illegal immigrant?
61% Favor
29% Oppose
10% Not sure
8* How concerned are you that efforts to
identify and deport illegal immigrants will also end up violating the civil
rights of some U.S. citizens?
24% Very concerned
28% Somewhat concerned
31% Not very concerned
16% Not at all
concerned
1% Not sure
9* How important is it for Congress to pass
major energy legislation aimed at reducing global warming this year?
30% Very important
23% Somewhat
important
20% Not very important
24% Not at all important
3% Not sure
10* Do you favor or oppose a major energy bill
aimed at reducing global warming?
38% Favor
41% Oppose
22% Not sure
11* Some commentators
have labeled one of the major political parties as the “Party of No”. Which
party is sometimes called the Party of No? Is it the Republicans or the
Democrats?
69%
Republicans
8% Democrats
23%
Not sure
12* In today’s
political climate, is it a good thing or a bad thing to be the Party of No?
33% Good
31% Bad
36% Not sure
13* Is the value of
your home worth more than the amount you owe on your mortgage?
53%
Yes
40% No
7% Not sure
14* As a nation, is
America overtaxed?
65%
Yes
25% No
10% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level
of confidence