Toplines - California Senate Election 2010 - July 22, 2009
California Survey of 500
Likely Voters
July 22, 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?
42% Strongly approve
15% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat
disapprove
35% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How would you rate
the job Arnold Schwarzenegger has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
5% Strongly approve
33% Somewhat approve
27% Somewhat disapprove
33% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Senate Race
Fiorina |
41% |
Boxer |
45% |
Other |
7% |
Not sure |
7% |
4*
Favorables for 2010 Senate Candidates
|
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Boxer |
21% |
29% |
11% |
36% |
3% |
Fiorina |
7% |
23% |
23% |
12% |
35% |
5* Do you
favor or oppose the budget deal reached by the Governor and State Legislature?
16% Favor
55% Oppose
29% Not sure
6* One
proposal to reduce state spending would release 27,000 criminals from prison.
Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
25% Favor
60% Oppose
15% Not sure
7*To help solve
47% Yes
42% No
11% Not sure
8* Are illegal immigrants a significant strain on California’s budget?
64% Yes
25% No
11% Not sure
9* Do the availability of government money and services draw illegal immigrants
to California?
65% Yes
22% No
13% Not sure
10*Should California cut off welfare payments to the U.S.-born children of
illegal immigrants?
47% Yes
39% No
14% Not sure
11* Suppose that the budget agreement was
modified to save some of the services that were cut in the latest budget
agreement. If higher taxes were needed to save those programs, would you favor
or oppose a tax increase as part of the budget plan?
39% Favor
55% Oppose
6% Not sure
12* Which is a bigger problem in
13% Voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes
78% Politicians are unwilling to control government spending
8% Not sure
13*Generally speaking, does the state government try to do too much, not enough
or does it do about the right amount of what the public wants?
45% State government tries to do too much
31% State government does not do enough
16% State government does about the right amount
7% Not sure
14*Generally
speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
0% Excellent
5% Good
31% Fair
64% Poor
0% Not sure
15* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
28% Better
45% Worse
25% Staying the Same
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence