Questions - Virginia - Jan 20-21, 2014

Virginia Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted January 20-21, 2014
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?

2* How would you rate the job Terry McAuliffe has been doing as governor…do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

3* In thinking about the 2014 election for U.S. Senate, suppose you had a choice between Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Mark Warner.  If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Ed Gillespie or Democrat Mark Warner?

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. If you’ve never heard of that person, just let me know.

Ed Gillespie

Mark Warner

Terry McAuliffe

5* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days?

6* How would you rate your own personal finances these days?

7* Which candidate for U.S. Senate do you trust more to deal with government spending?

8* Which candidate for U.S. Senate do you trust more to deal with taxes?

9* Which candidate for U.S. Senate do you trust more on social issues?

10* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of the new health care law?

11* Should the government require every American to buy or obtain health insurance?

12* Generally speaking, would you prefer a more active government with more services and higher taxes or a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence