Questions - 2012 Missouri Senate - August 22, 2012
Missouri Survey of
500 Likely Voters
Conducted August 22, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
*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.
1*
If the 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for
Republican Todd Akin or Democrat Claire McCaskill?
Date |
Todd
Akin |
Claire
McCaskill |
Some
Other Candidate |
Not
Sure |
August
22, 2012 |
38% |
48% |
9% |
5% |
July
30, 2012 |
47% |
44% |
4% |
5% |
June
7, 2012 |
50% |
42% |
2% |
7% |
April
17, 2012 |
48% |
43% |
2% |
7% |
March
14-15, 2012 |
50% |
43% |
4% |
4% |
2*
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.
|
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not
Sure |
Claire McCaskill |
19% |
29% |
12% |
36% |
4% |
Todd Akin |
11% |
24% |
16% |
47% |
2% |
3*
How closely have you followed news stories concerning Todd Akin’s
comments about rape?
64%
Very closely
29% Somewhat closely
5% Not very closely
1% Not at all
1% Not sure
4*
Should Akin withdraw from the campaign and have the
Republicans select another candidate to run against Senator Claire McCaskill?
41%
Yes
42% No
17% Not sure
5*
Generally speaking, How would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
1% Excellent
9% Good
38%
Fair
51%
Poor
1% Not sure
6*
Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?
29%
Better
45%
Worse
21%
About the same
5% Not sure
7* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or
very unfavorable impression of Medicare?
21%
Very favorable
39% Somewhat favorable
25% Somewhat unfavorable
10% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure
8*
When it comes to the future of Medicare, which scares you more…President
Obama’s health care law or Paul Ryan’s proposal?
47%
President Obama’s health care law
43% Paul’s Ryan’s proposal
10% Not sure
9*
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 he’s been doing?
19%
Strongly approve
42%
Somewhat approve
25%
Somewhat disapprove
9% Strongly
disapprove
6% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence