Toplines - 2010 Kentucky Senate Race - January 6, 2010
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Kentucky
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted January 6, 2010
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?
22%
Strongly approve
19% Somewhat approve
13%
Somewhat disapprove
46% Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Steve
Beshear has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job he’s been doing?
14%
Strongly approve
39% Somewhat approve
31% Somewhat disapprove
13% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010 Kentucky
Senate Race
Trey
Grayson (R) |
44% |
Daniel Mongiardo (D) |
37% |
Some
other candidate |
8% |
Not sure |
11% |
Rand
Paul (R) |
49% |
Daniel Mongiardo (D) |
35% |
Some
other candidate |
3% |
Not sure |
13% |
Trey
Grayson (R) |
45% |
Jack
Conway (D) |
35% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
Not sure |
12% |
Rand
Paul (R) |
46% |
Jack
Conway (D) |
38% |
Some
other candidate |
4% |
Not sure |
12% |
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.
Candidate
for the KY Senate Race |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Grayson |
13% |
44% |
17% |
4% |
22% |
Mongiardo |
17% |
27% |
29% |
15% |
13% |
Paul |
17% |
40% |
18% |
7% |
19% |
Conway |
16% |
30% |
23% |
13% |
18% |
5*
Generally speaking,
do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the
health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the congressional
Democrats?
16% Strongly favor
18% Somewhat favor
12% Somewhat oppose
50% Strongly oppose
3% Not sure
6* What is
the biggest problem with health care - the lack of universal coverage, the
cost, the inconvenience of scheduling or the quality of care?
18% The
lack of universal coverage
54% The
cost
3% The inconvenience of scheduling
16% The
quality of care
8% Not sure
7* Do you
favor or oppose a single payer health care system where the federal government
provides coverage for everyone?
28% Favor
61% Oppose
11% Not
sure
8* If the health care
reform plan passes, should individual states have the right to opt out of the
entire plan?
52% Yes
34% No
14% Not sure
9* Overall, how would you rate President Obama’s handling
of the situation in Afghanistan…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
9% Excellent
23% Good
34% Fair
31% Poor
2% Not sure
10* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States
and its allies or the terrorists?
39% The United States and its allies
31% The terrorists
25% Neither
5% Not sure
11* Over the next six months will the situation in
Afghanistan get better or worse?
24% Better
39% Worse
29% Stay about the same
9% Not sure
12* Some people say that there is a natural tension between
protecting individual rights and national security. In the United States today,
does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too
much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right?
50% Legal
system worries too much about protecting individual rights
15% Legal system worries too much about protecting national security
25% Balance is about right
11% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence