Toplines - Election 2010: Florida Senate - August 17, 2009
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Florida
Senate
Survey
of 1,000 Likely Florida Voters
August
17, 2009
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?
27%
Strongly approve
15%
Somewhat approve
10%
Somewhat disapprove
47%
Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How
would you rate the job Charlie Crist has been doing as Governor… do you
strongly
approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been
doing?
17%
Strongly approve
42%
Somewhat approve
21%
Somewhat disapprove
19%
Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* Okay, in thinking about the 2010 election
for United States Senate, suppose you had a choice between Republican Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek. If the election were held today would you
vote for Republican Charlie Crist or Democrat Kendrick
Meek?
48%
Crist
29%
Meek
10%
Some other candidate
13%
Not sure
4* Suppose the Republicans nominated Marco
Rubio. If the 2010 Election for United
States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Marco Rubio or
Democrat Kendrick Meek?
43%
Rubio
30%
Meek
8% Some other candidate
19%
Not sure
5*
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
First….Charlie Crist
19% Very favorable
45% Somewhat favorable
21% Somewhat unfavorable
14% Very unfavorable
2% Not sure
6* Next….Kendrick Meek
12% Very favorable
25% Somewhat favorable
19% Somewhat unfavorable
15% Very unfavorable
29% Not sure
7*
Last one….Marco Rubio
13% Very favorable
28% Somewhat favorable
22% Somewhat unfavorable
9% Very unfavorable
29% Not sure
8* In terms of how you will vote in the next
Florida election what is the most important issue ...the economy, education,
healthcare, home foreclosures, the availability and cost of homeowners
insurance or the environment?
58%
Economy
10%
Education
15%
Healthcare
2% Home foreclosures
8% Availability and cost of homeowners
insurance
1% The environment
4% Some other issue
2% Not sure
9* Is the recession over?
4% Yes
83%
No
14%
Not sure
10*
The Obama administration has
recently encouraged a more open dialogue with Cuba. This may be an indication
that the trade embargo between the
50%
Help
28%
Hurt
8% It will have no impact
15%
Not sure
11* A Florida lawmaker is leading
the charge to enact an outright ban on keeping certain exotic species, such as
pythons, as pets. Some believe these types of pets are dangerous to people and
to the environment. Would you favor or oppose a ban on certain exotics
kept as pets?
68%
Favor
26%
Oppose
6% Not sure
12*
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?
20% Strongly favor
17% Somewhat favor
7% Somewhat oppose
52% Strongly oppose
5% Not sure
13* When it comes to
health care decisions, who do you fear the most: the federal government or
private insurance companies?
60% The federal government
33% Private insurance companies
7% Not
sure
14*
Do you have health insurance?
83% Yes
16% No
1% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence