Toplines - 2010 Ohio Senate Race - September 25, 2009
Ohio Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted September 23, 2009
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?
33% Strongly
approve
15% Somewhat approve
10% Somewhat disapprove
40% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Ted
Strickland has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat
approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been
doing?
15% Strongly approve
32% Somewhat approve
24% Somewhat disapprove
26% Strongly disapprove
3% Not sure
3* 2010 Ohio
Senate Race
|
Rob
Portman (R) |
41% |
|
Lee
Fisher (D) |
40% |
|
Some
other candidate |
6% |
|
Not sure |
14% |
|
Rob
Portman (R) |
40% |
|
Jennifer
Brunner (D) |
38% |
|
Some
other candidate |
5% |
|
Not sure |
18% |
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 OH Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
|
Portman |
13% |
32% |
17% |
6% |
32% |
|
Fisher |
16% |
26% |
24% |
10% |
24% |
|
Brunner |
13% |
24% |
19% |
17% |
28% |
5*
Generally speaking, do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or
strongly oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the
congressional Democrats?
27% Strongly favor
17% Somewhat favor
7% Somewhat oppose
45% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
6* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better,
worse, or stay about the same?
26% Better
51% Worse
16% Staying the same
7% Not sure
7* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go down, or
stay about the same?
50% Cost of health care will go up
21% Cost will go down
22% Stay the same
7% Not sure
8* Is the
health care reform legislation being considered by Congress likely to increase
the deficit, reduce the deficit, or have no impact on the deficit?
61% Increase the deficit
9% Reduce the deficit
22% No impact on the deficit
9% Not sure
9*To cover
the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to be
raised on the middle class?
57% Very likely
20% Somewhat likely
13% Not very likely
4% Not at all likely
5% Not sure
10* In
reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more….that
the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not
do enough?
49% Federal government will do too much
36% Federal government will not do enough
15% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
