Toplines - 2010 Missouri Senate - September 21, 2009
Conducted September 21, 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?
30%
Strongly approve
14% Somewhat approve
12% Somewhat disapprove
44% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job Jay
Nixon has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?
17% Strongly approve
41% Somewhat approve
24% Somewhat disapprove
14% Strongly disapprove
4% Not sure
3* 2010
Roy
Blunt (R) |
46% |
Robin
Carnahan (D) |
46% |
Some
other candidate |
2% |
Not sure |
5% |
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 MO Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Blunt |
18% |
39% |
18% |
15% |
10% |
Carnahan |
23% |
29% |
20% |
22% |
6% |
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?
24% Strongly favor
14% Somewhat favor
11% Somewhat oppose
48% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
6* If the health care reform plan
passes, will the quality of health care get better, worse, or stay about the
same?
27% Better
51% Worse
14% Staying the same
8% 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?
57% Cost of health care will go up
15% Cost will go down
18% Stay the same
10% 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?
72% Increase the deficit
6% Reduce the deficit
18% No impact on the deficit
5% 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?
64% Very likely
15% Somewhat likely
14% Not very likely
3% Not at all likely
3% 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
32% Federal government will not do enough
12% Not sure
11* Generally
speaking, how would you rate the
0% Excellent
9% Good
43% Fair
47% Poor
1% Not sure
12* Are
economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
32% Better
44% Worse
19% Staying the same
5% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence