Toplines - 2010 North Carolina Senate - April 19, 2010
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Daily Snapshot
North Carolina Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted April 19, 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?
29% Strongly approve
12% Somewhat approve
14% Somewhat disapprove
43% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Bev
Perdue has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?
13% Strongly approve
32% Somewhat approve
24% Somewhat disapprove
30% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010 North Carolina Senate Race
|
|
April 19, 2010 |
March 22, 2010 |
February 23, 2010 |
|
Richard
Burr (R) |
50% |
51% |
50% |
|
Elaine
Marshall (D) |
32% |
35% |
34% |
|
Some
other candidate |
6% |
6% |
4% |
|
Not sure |
12% |
8% |
12% |
|
|
April 19, 2010 |
March 22, 2010 |
February 23, 2010 |
|
Richard
Burr (R) |
53% |
51% |
51% |
|
Cal
Cunningham (D) |
31% |
32% |
29% |
|
Some
other candidate |
4% |
7% |
6% |
|
Not sure |
13% |
11% |
14% |
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 the NC Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Burr |
19% |
36% |
20% |
11% |
14% |
|
Marshall |
11% |
25% |
29% |
11% |
25% |
|
Cunningham |
8% |
26% |
26% |
11% |
30% |
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?
33% Good
59% Bad
2% No impact
6% 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?
48% Strongly favor
13% Somewhat favor
5% Somewhat oppose
27% 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?
25% Strongly favor
13% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
47% Strongly oppose
5% 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?
52% Favor
35% 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?
35% President
Barack Obama
52% 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?
28% Very concerned
20% Somewhat concerned
24% Not very concerned
22% Not at all concerned
6% Not sure
11*Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good,
fair, or poor?
0% Excellent
9% Good
37% Fair
53% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
28% Better
39% Worse
25% About
the same
8% Not sure
13* Should offshore oil drilling be
allowed?
66% Yes
13% No
21% Not sure
14* President Obama has
proposed allowing more offshore drilling in some areas.
However, drilling will not be permitted off the coasts
of
53% Yes
19% No
27% Not sure
15* Should individual states have
the right to ban drilling off their own coastlines?
43% Yes
31% No
26% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
