Toplines - 2010 Pennsylvania Governor Election - February 10, 2010
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Conducted
February 10, 2010
By
Rasmussen Reports
1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing
as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
26% Strongly approve
17% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
45% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How do you rate the way that Ed Rendell is performing
his role as Governor? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
16%
Excellent
27% Good
25% Fair
31% Poor
1% Not Sure
3* 2010 Pennsylvania Election for
Governor
Tom
Corbett (R) |
49% |
Jack
Wagner (D) |
28% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
17% |
Tom
Corbett (R) |
51% |
Joe
Hoeffel (D) |
29% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
15% |
Tom
Corbett (R) |
52% |
Dan
Onorato (D) |
26% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
17% |
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.
|
Corbett |
Wagner |
Onorato |
Hoeffel |
Very Favorable |
17% |
5% |
10% |
8% |
Somewhat Favorable |
50% |
35% |
24% |
25% |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
10% |
21% |
25% |
19% |
Very Unfavorable |
5% |
7% |
10% |
14% |
Not Sure |
18% |
32% |
32% |
34% |
5* How
would you rate the way that Ed Rendell has handled the Pennsylvania
Budget…..excellent, good, fair or poor?
9% Excellent
16% Good
24% Fair
47% Poor
3% Not sure
6* How
closely have you followed news stories about a proposal from Governor Rendell
that would lowering the sales tax rate to 4%, but increasing the number of
items taxed?
21% Very closely
33% Somewhat closely
32% Not very closely
10% Not at all
4% Not sure
7* Under
the proposal, new items subject to the sales tax would include candy, gum, dry
cleaning and personal hygiene products. Do you favor or oppose lowering
the sales tax rate to 4% but taxing more items?
42% Favor
41% Oppose
18% Not sure
8* Will
the proposal to lower the sales tax rate to 4% but tax more items lead to
higher taxes or lower taxes?
48% Higher
taxes
21% Lower taxes
31% Not sure
9* The
Governor has also proposed expanding the tobacco tax to include smokeless
tobacco and Cigars. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
70% Favor
22% Oppose
8% Not sure
10* On a different topic, how angry are you at the current
policies of the federal government?
46% Very
angry
25% Somewhat angry
15% Not very angry
9% Not at all angry
6% Not sure
11*Would you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Neither Republican political leaders nor Democratic political leaders have a
good understanding of what is needed today?
58% Agree
32% Disagree
10% Not sure
12*
Generally speaking, would it better for the country if most incumbents in
Congress were reelected this November or if most of them were defeated?
16% Better if most incumbents were reelected
66% Better if most incumbents were defeated
18% Not sure
13*
Regardless of how Congress is doing overall, does your local representative in
Congress deserve to be reelected?
34% Yes
44% No
21% Not sure
14* Should
Donovan McNabb be the Eagles quarterback next season or should he be traded?
27% McNabb
should be the Eagles quarterback next season
28% He
should be traded
45% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence