Toplines - Pennsylvania Senate - June 2, 2010

Pennsylvania Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted June 2, 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?

   

    28% Strongly approve

    20% Somewhat approve

    11% Somewhat disapprove

    41% Strongly disapprove

      1% Not sure

 

2* How would you rate the job Ed Rendell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly

approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been

doing?

   

    16% Strongly approve

    28% Somewhat approve

    23% Somewhat disapprove

    32% Strongly disapprove

      2% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Race

 

	June 2, 2010	May 19, 2010	May 6, 2010	Apr 12, 2010	Mar 15, 2010	Feb 8, 2010
Pat Toomey (R)	45%	42%	42%	47%	42%	47%
Joe Sestak (D)	38%	46%	40%	36%	37%	38%
Some other candidate	5%	3%	10%	5%	7%	5%
Not sure	12%	9%	9%	12%	15%	10%

 

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 PA Senate Race	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Pat Toomey	21%	34%	17%	13%	16%
Joe Sestak	16%	33%	24%	16%	11%

 

5* How closely have you followed recent news stories about a job offer made to Congressman Joe Sestak by the White House earlier this year?

 

42% Very closely

30% Somewhat closely
18% Not very closely
  8% Not at all
  2% Not sure

 

6* In terms of how you will vote this November, how important is the White House job offer made to Congressman Joe Sestak?

29% Very important
23% Somewhat important
21% Not very important
20% Not at all important
  7% Not sure

7* 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?

42% Strongly favor
14% Somewhat favor
10% Somewhat oppose
28% Strongly oppose
  6% Not sure

 NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence