Toplines - Election 2010 Louisiana Senate Race - October 5, 2009
Louisiana
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 5, 2009
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?
34% Strongly approve
7% Somewhat approve
8% Somewhat
disapprove
51% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate
the job Bobby Jindal has been doing as Governor… do
you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly
disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
28% Strongly approve
37% Somewhat approve
17% Somewhat disapprove
17% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
3* 2010 Louisiana Senate Race
David
Vitter (R) |
46% |
Charlie Melancon (D) |
36% |
Some
other candidate |
5% |
Not sure |
13% |
Jay Dardenne (R) |
46% |
Charlie Melancon (D) |
33% |
Some
other candidate |
6% |
Not sure |
15% |
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 LA Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Vitter |
17% |
39% |
16% |
18% |
9% |
Melancon |
16% |
27% |
22% |
17% |
19% |
Dardenne |
12% |
38% |
18% |
9% |
24% |
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?
23% Strongly favor
13%
Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
53%
Strongly oppose
3% Not sure
6* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better,
worse, or stay about the same?
24% Better
60% Worse
10% Stay the same
6% Not sure
7* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go down, or
stay about the same?
58% Cost of health care will go up
18% Cost will go down
14% Stay the same
11% Not sure
8* Is the
health care reform legislation being considered by Congress likely to increase
the deficit, reduce the deficit, or have no impact on the deficit?
67% Increase the deficit
9% Reduce the deficit
15% No impact on the deficit
9% Not sure
9*To cover
the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to be
raised on the middle class?
65% Very likely
18% Somewhat likely
9% Not very likely
2% Not at all likely
6% Not sure
10* In
reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, what worries you more….that
the federal government will do too much or that the federal government will not
do enough?
55% Federal government will do too much
31% Federal government will not do enough
13% Not sure
11*
Generally speaking, how would you rate the
Excellent
0% Excellent
6% Good
43% Fair
49% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
25% Better
47% Worse
22% Staying the same
6% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence