Questions - 2012 Virginia Senate - October 4, 2012
Virginia Survey of
500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 4,
2012
By Rasmussen Reports
*Please note that we split the survey to
rotate the order of the candidates, so while half will hear the Republican
first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.
1*
If the
2012 election for the U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for
Republican George Allen or Democrat Tim Kaine?
2*
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.
George Allen
Tim Kaine
3* Generally
speaking, How would you rate the
4* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
5* Generally
speaking, how would you rate your own personal finances these days?
6* Are your
personal finances getting better these days, or worse?
7*
Sometimes, unexpected things come up that prevent people from voting on
Election Day. Are you certain that you will vote in this year’s
elections, or is it possible that something could come up that would prevent
you from voting?
8* How
would you rate the job Bob McDonnell has been doing as governor…do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job he’s been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence