Questions - Virginia Governor - October 20, 2013
State
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters in Virginia
Conducted
October 20, 2013
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?
2* 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?
3* If the election for
governor of Virginia were held today, would you vote for Republican Ken
Cuccinelli, Democrat Terry McAuliffe or Libertarian Robert Sarvis?
*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.
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.
Ken
Cuccinelli
Terry McAuliffe
Robert Sarvis
Hillary Clinton
5* Has Ken Cuccinelli’s
campaign been generally positive, generally negative or somewhere in between?
6* Has Terry McAuliffe’s campaign been generally positive,
generally negative or somewhere in between?
7* Has Robert Sarvis’s campaign been generally positive,
generally negative or somewhere in between?
8* Is Ken Cuccinelli more ethical, less ethical or
about as ethical as most politicians?
9* Is Terry McAuliffe more ethical, less ethical or about
as ethical as most politicians?
10*
Is Robert Sarvis more ethical, less ethical or about
as ethical as most politicians?
11*
Which candidate do you trust more to deal with taxes…Ken
Cuccinelli, Terry McAuliffe or Robert Sarvis?
12*
Which candidate do you trust more to deal with government
spending…Ken Cuccinelli, Terry McAuliffe or Robert Sarvis?
13*
Which candidate do you trust more when it comes to
dealing with social issues like abortion, public prayer and church-state
topics?
14* In terms of your own
personal life, how much of an impact did you feel from the just-ended
government shutdown?
15* How
did the shutdown impact the overall economy? Did it
have a very positive impact, a somewhat positive impact, no impact, a somewhat
negative impact or a very negative impact?
16* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy
these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
17* How would you rate your own personal
finances these days?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence