Toplines - 2010 New York Senate Race - September 22, 2009
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Daily Snapshot
New York State Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
Conducted September 22, 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?
48% Strongly
approve
13% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
27% Strongly disapprove
1% Not sure
2* How would you rate the job David
Paterson 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
25% Somewhat approve
27% Somewhat disapprove
33% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
New York Senate Race
George
Pataki (R) |
41% |
Kirsten Gillibrand (D) |
44% |
Some
other candidate |
11% |
Not sure |
4% |
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 NY Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Pataki |
13% |
33% |
31% |
17% |
7% |
Gillibrand |
6% |
33% |
25% |
17% |
20% |
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?
34% Strongly favor
24% Somewhat favor
6% Somewhat oppose
32% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure
6* If the
health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better, worse,
or stay about the same?
37% Better
34% Worse
15% Staying the same
13% 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?
36% Cost of health care will go up
20% Cost will go down
30% Stay the same
14% 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?
56% Increase the deficit
8% Reduce the deficit
24% No impact on the deficit
12% 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?
51% Very likely
21% Somewhat likely
16% Not very likely
6% Not at all likely
7% 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?
38% Federal government will do too much
43% Federal government will not do enough
19% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence