Questions - South Carolina Governor - August 25-26, 2014

South Carolina Survey of 750 Likely Voters

Conducted August 25-26, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports

1* If the 2014 election for governor of South Carolina was held today, would you vote for Republican Nikki Haley or Democrat Vincent Sheheen?

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. You’ve never heard of that person, just let me know.

Nikki Haley

Vincent Sheheen

3* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days?

4* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of the new health care law?

6* What should be the primary focus of any new immigration legislation passed by Congress - to send the new wave of young illegal immigrants back home as quickly as possible or to make it easier for them to remain in the United States?

7* Do you approve or disapprove of the housing of these new illegal immigrants in your state?

8* Is the budget situation in your state better than it was a year ago or worse than it was a year ago?  Or has it remained about the same?

9* Which candidate for South Carolina governor do you trust more to deal with government spending?

10* Which candidate for governor do you trust more to deal with taxes?

11* Which candidate for governor do you trust more on social issues?

12* Which candidate for governor do you trust more when it comes to dealing with government ethics and corruption?

13* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president?

14* How would you rate the job Nikki Haley has been doing as governor?                         

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence