House 2010

AL-05
A Lake Research Partners (D) poll; conducted 4/27-29 for Sen. Sparkman grandson/atty Taze Shepard (D); surveyed 500 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/4). Tested: Shepard, atty Mitchell Howie (D), '08 candidate/physician David Maker (D) and pol. consultant/late-Sen. Heflin CoS Steve Raby (D).

Primary Election Matchup

T. Shepard  20%
S. Raby     14
M. Howie     3
D. Maker     3
Other        2
Undec       58

SD-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/27; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/1). Tested: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), state Sen. Blake Curd (R), Sec/State Chris Nelson (R) and state Rep. Kristi Noem (R).

General Election Matchups

-                   Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  48% 48%  45%  51%
B. Curd             41  36   33   33
Other                4   7    8    5
Undec                8   9   14   12

-                   Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  47% 45%  44%  45%
C. Nelson           43  41   42   38
Other                4   5    6    6
Undec                6   9    9   11

-                   Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  46% 50%  46%  49%
K. Noem             43  35   35   34
Other                3   5    8    4
Undec                8   9   10   13

Fav/Unfav

-                   Now     4/21    3/25
S. Herseth Sandlin  59%/39% 55%/43% 52%/43%
C. Nelson           54 /28   n/a     n/a
K. Noem             49 /32   n/a     n/a
B. Curd             42 /37   n/a     n/a

Obama As POTUS

-           Now 5/26 4/21 3/25 2/23
Approve     43% 43%  45%  43%  40%
Disapprove  56  56   54   55   59

Rounds As Gov.

-           Now 5/26 4/21 3/25 2/23
Approve     62% 61%  64%  64%  71%
Disapprove  35  37   34   35   28