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Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts

Monday, June 21, 2010

Governor 2010

Colorado
A Denver Post/KUSA-TV poll; conducted 6/15-17 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 1,528 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5%. Subsample of 747 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 6/20). Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D), businessman Dan Maes (R) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-                All Men Wom
S. McInnis 57% 60% 54%
D. Maes 29 28 29
Undec 14 12 17

General Election Matchup
-                All Men Wom
D. Maes 45% 50% 40%
J. Hickenlooper 44 42 45
Third party 5 4 6
Undec 6 4 8

General Election Matchup (1,474 RVs; MoE +/- 2.6%)
-                All Men Wom
S. McInnis 47% 53% 42%
J. Hickenlooper 43 40 46
Third party 6 6 5
Undec 4 2 6

Florida
A FL Chamber Of Commerce poll; conducted 6/9-13 by Cherry Comm.; surveyed 607 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 6/18). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R) and businessman Rick Scott (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
R. Scott     35%
B. McCollum 30
Undec 33

Maryland
A polling company, inc. (R) poll; conducted 6/8-10 for businessman/ex-commodities trader Brian Murphy (R); surveyed 508 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 6/18). Tested: Murphy, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R).

General Election Matchups
M. O'Malley  44%              M. O'Malley  44%
B. Ehrlich 43 B. Murphy 25

Michigan
An EPIC-MRA poll; conducted 6/12-15 for the Detroit Free Press/WXYZ-TV; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversamples of 400 Dem primary LVs and 400 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 4.9% for each (release, 6/18). Tested: Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (D), state House Speaker Andy Dillon (D), Oakland Co. Sheriff Mike Bouchard (R), AG Mike Cox (R), state Sen. Tom George (R), Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-02) and ex-business exec. Rick Snyder (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            Now 5/26
A. Dillon 34% 29%
V. Bernero 24 23
Undec 42 48

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            Now 5/26 3/31 2/25 1/26 10/15
M. Cox 26% 18% 21% 21% 32% 28%
P. Hoekstra 24 30 27 27 25 29
R. Snyder 20 17 15 12 3 3
M. Bouchard 16 16 13 10 16 14
T. George 2 2 3 1 2 2
Other n/a n/a 3 3 n/a n/a
Undec 12 17 18 26 22 24

General Election Matchups
-            Now 5/26 3/31
P. Hoekstra 47% 47% 42%
V. Bernero 38 34 29
Undec 15 19 29

-            Now 5/26 3/31 2/25 1/26
P. Hoekstra 46% 47% 40% 41% 40%
A. Dillon 38 35 33 37 32
Undec 16 18 27 21 28

-            Now 5/26 3/31
R. Snyder 49% 51% 42%
V. Bernero 34 28 26
Undec 17 21 32

-            Now 5/26 3/31
R. Snyder 49% 50% 42%
A. Dillon 36 31 30
Undec 15 19 28

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/26    3/31    2/25    1/26    12/9
M. Cox 36%/33% 35%/28% 38%/26% 43%/19% 41%/20% 42%/20%
M. Bouchard 33 /15 32 /13 31 /10 35 / 9 33 /10 31 / 7
P. Hoekstra 35 /17 31 /16 30 /15 29 /11 30 /12 30 /12
R. Snyder 29 / 9 26 / 8 18 / 6 19 / 4 7 / 2 6 / 2
A. Dillon 15 /15 13 /12 16 /11 13 / 9 14 /11 14 /10
V. Bernero 14 / 9 9 / 6 8 / 6 7 / 4 7 / 4 6 / 3
T. George 9 / 6 4 / 3 4 / 2 6 / 2 6 / 3 6 / 3

Senate 2010

Colorado
A Denver Post/KUSA-TV poll; conducted 6/15-17 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 1,565 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5%. Subsamples of 506 Dem primary LVs and 747 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 4.4% and 3.6%, respectively (release, 6/20). Tested: Sen. Michael Bennet (D), ex-state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff (D), Weld Co. DA Ken Buck (R) and ex-LG Jane Norton (R). (Note: Varying split sample sizes were used for general election matchups.)

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            All Men Wom
M. Bennet 53% 56% 49%
A. Romanoff 36 36 37
Undec 11 8 14

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom
K. Buck 53% 59% 45%
J. Norton 37 33 42
Undec 10 8 13

General Election Matchup (1,565 RVs; MoE +/- 2.5%)
-            All Men Wom
K. Buck 46% 51% 41%
M. Bennet 43 41 45
Third party 6 5 6
Undec 5 3 8

General Election Matchup (1,498 RVs; MoE +/- 2.5%)
-            All Men Wom
J. Norton 47% 50% 44%
M. Bennet 44 42 46
Third party 5 6 5
Undec 4 2 5

General Election Matchup (1,437 RVs; MoE +/- 2.6%)
-            All Men Wom
K. Buck 49% 55% 42%
A. Romanoff 40 37 43
Third party 6 5 6
Undec 5 2 8

General Election Matchup (1,504 RVs; MoE +/- 2.5%)
-            All Men Wom
J. Norton 45% 50% 39%
A. Romanoff 41 38 43
Third party 8 7 8
Undec 7 4 10

Florida
A FL Chamber Of Commerce poll; conducted 6/9-13 by Cherry Comm.; surveyed 607 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 6/18). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (I), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-17) and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R).

General Election Matchup
C. Crist    42%
M. Rubio 31
K. Meek 14
Undec 12

Crist As Gov.
Approve     60%
Disapprove 30

New York
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/16; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/18). Tested: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), '98 Comp. nominee/ex-Nassau Co. legislator/ex-Port Authority Commis. Bruce Blakeman (R), ex-Rep. Joe DioGuardi (R) and ex-Giuliani aide/ex-Bear Stearns chief economist David Malpass (R).

General Election Matchups
-              Now 5/12
K. Gillibrand 50% 51%
B. Blakeman 38 31
Other 2 8
Undec 10 10

-              Now 5/12
K. Gillibrand 49% 51%
J. DioGuardi 38 28
Other 2 7
Undec 12 13

-              Now 5/12
K. Gillibrand 49% 46%
D. Malpass 34 27
Other 3 10
Undec 13 16

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     5/12    4/8     3/1     1/18
K. Gillibrand 49%/38% 57%/37% 46%/34% 50%/37% 46%/41%
J. DioGuardi 35 /27 29 /32 n/a n/a n/a
B. Blakeman 32 /27 29 /33 n/a n/a n/a
D. Malpass 30 /29 24 /31 n/a n/a n/a

A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/16; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/18). Tested: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D), ex-CIA operative Gary Berntsen (R) and GOP consultant Jay Townsend (R).

General Election Matchups
C. Schumer   54%              C. Schumer   54%
G. Berntsen 35 J. Townsend 33
Other 5 Other 6
Undec 6 Undec 6

Fav/Unfav
C. Schumer   60%/37%
G. Berntsen 36 /27
J. Townsend 32 /30

Utah
A Wenzel Strategies (R) poll; conducted 6/17 for the Senate Conservatives Fund (R); surveyed 642 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 6/18). Tested: '02/'04 UT-02 candidate/venture capitalist Tim Bridgewater and '02/'04 UT-02 candidate/venture capitalist Mike Lee. (Note: The Senate Conservatives Fund is supporting Lee.)

Primary Election Matchup
-               All Men Wom
M. Lee 45% 42% 47%
T. Bridgewater 35 38 34

A Salt Lake Deseret News/KSL-TV poll; conducted 6/12-17 by Dan Jones & Assoc. (R); surveyed 581 "active" GOP primary voters; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 6/20). Tested: Bridgewater and Lee.

Primary Election Matchup
T. Bridgewater  42%
M. Lee 33
Undec 25

How Would You Rate The Two Candidates' Views?
-                        Bridgewater Lee
Too conservative 9% 15%
About right 65 65
Not conservative enough 14 11

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Governor 2010

Florida
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 6/1-7; surveyed 1,133 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.9%. Subsample of 435 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.7% (release, 6/9). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R), businessman Rick Scott (R), CFO Alex Sink (D) and businessman Bud Chiles (I). (Note: Chiles announced his candidacy on 6/3.)

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/13 1/24 10/18 8/17
B. McCollum 42% 8% 77% 40% 45% 40% 40% 41% 36% 38%
A. Sink 34 72 8 33 31 35 36 31 32 34
Other 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 -- 2 1
Not vote 3 1 2 5 3 3 2 2 2 1
Undec 19 19 11 21 18 20 21 25 27 25

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
R. Scott 42% 8% 81% 35% 48% 38%
A. Sink 32 69 4 34 28 36
Other 2 1 2 3 2 2
Not vote 2 1 1 4 3 2
Undec 21 20 11 24 19 23

General Election Matchups (Chiles Subsample)
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. McCollum 33% 6% 67% 29% 36% 31%
A. Sink 25 56 9 19 23 26
B. Chiles 19 16 12 24 19 18
Other 1 1 2 -- 1 1
Not vote 3 2 1 6 3 3
Undec 19 19 8 22 17 21

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
R. Scott 35% 7% 73% 26% 39% 31%
A. Sink 26 64 6 19 22 29
B. Chiles 13 11 7 20 15 12
Other -- 1 -- -- -- --
Not vote 2 2 -- 5 1 3
Undec 23 16 14 29 22 25

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/13    1/24
B. McCollum 37%/29% 18%/39% 50%/22% 38%/31% 38%/18% 35%/15%
R. Scott 31 /22 10 /39 54 /12 29 /22 n/a n/a
A. Sink 28 /14 45 / 6 14 /23 33 /13 22 /15 24 / 8
B. Chiles 10 / 7 16 / 7 5 / 7 9 / 7 n/a n/a

McCollum As AG
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/13 1/24 10/18 8/17
Approve 50% 38% 61% 51% 53% 47% 51% 56% 53% 53%
Disapprove 28 35 25 30 31 26 25 20 19 16

Sink As CFO
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/13 1/24 10/18 8/17
Approve 42% 58% 30% 42% 43% 40% 39% 39% 38% 37%
Disapprove 25 15 36 25 27 23 26 22 23 21

South Carolina
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/8; surveyed 829 GOP primary voters; margin of error +/- 3.4% (release, 6/9). Tested: Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-03), LG André Bauer (R), state Rep. Nikki Haley (R) and AG Henry McMaster (R).

Primary Election Matchup
N. Haley     49%
G. Barrett 22
H. McMaster 17
A. Bauer 12

Fav/Unfav
N. Haley     73%/23%
G. Barrett 64 /31
H. McMaster 57 /26
A. Bauer 38 /58

Obama As POTUS
Approve      12%
Disapprove 87

Sanford As Gov.
Approve      63%
Disapprove 36

Wisconsin
A Tarrance Group (R) poll; conducted 6/1-2 for Milwaukee Co. Exec. Scott Walker (R); surveyed 500 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/8). Tested: Walker and '98 SEN nominee/ex-Rep. Mark Neumann (R).

Primary Election Matchup
S. Walker   45%
M. Neumann 25
Undec 30

Senate 2010

Colorado
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/7; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/9). Tested: Sen. Michael Bennet (D), ex-state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff (D), Weld Co. DA Ken Buck (R) and ex-LG Jane Norton (R).

General Election Matchups
-            Now 5/3 4/5 3/2 2/2 1/13 12/8
K. Buck 46% 45% 44% 44% 45% 43% 42%
M. Bennet 41 40 40 38 41 38 38
Other 5 5 3 6 5 4 8
Undec 8 11 12 11 8 15 12

-            Now 5/3 4/5 3/2 2/2 1/13 12/8 9/15                
J. Norton 46% 48% 46% 48% 51% 49% 46% 45%
M. Bennet 40 41 41 39 37 37 37 36
Other 9 5 5 7 5 3 8 7
Undec 5 6 8 6 7 11 8 12

-            Now 5/3 4/5 3/2 2/2 1/13 12/8
K. Buck 45% 45% 45% 41% 45% 40% 41%
A. Romanoff 39 40 37 40 39 39 39
Other 6 5 4 5 6 5 6
Undec 11 11 13 13 10 16 14

-            Now 5/3 4/5 3/2 2/2 1/13 12/8 9/15
J. Norton 43% 46% 49% 44% 45% 47% 45% 45%
A. Romanoff 42 39 38 42 38 35 34 34
Other 7 6 5 6 7 5 7 8
Undec 8 8 8 9 10 14 15 15

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/3     4/5     3/2     2/2     1/13
A. Romanoff 45%/42% 46%/34% 39%/39% 42%/38% 40%/37% 40%/36%
K. Buck 44 /32 43 /33 42 /22 40 /23 43 /26 38 /20
J. Norton 44 /44 46 /39 43 /39 49 /34 49 /31 51 /28
M. Bennet 39 /50 45 /45 45 /41 42 /43 42 /40 42 /40

Connecticut
A Moore Information (R) poll; conducted June 1-3 for ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R), surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (McArdle, Roll Call, 6/8). Tested: McMahon and AG Richard Blumenthal (D).

General Election Matchup
R. Blumenthal  51%
L. McMahon 38

Fav/Unfav
R. Blumenthal  55%/32%
L. McMahon 41 /32

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/7; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/9). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (I), developer/financier Jeff Greene (D), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-17) and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R).

General Election Matchups
-          Now 5/16 5/3 4/21 3/18
M. Rubio 37% 39% 34% 37% 42%
C. Crist 37 31 38 30 22
K. Meek 15 18 17 22 25
Undec 11 12 11 11 11

C. Crist   41%
M. Rubio 37
J. Greene 13
Undec 10

Crist As Gov.
-              Now 5/16 5/3 4/21 4/15 3/18 2/18 1/27 12/14
Approve 60% 57% 62% 56% 57% 45% 52% 51% 52%
Disapprove 37 42 38 43 42 54 45 47 45

Fav/Unfav
-          Now     5/16    5/3     4/21    3/18    2/18
C. Crist 62%/37% 57%/41% 57%/40% 55%/30% 49%/48% 55%/41%
M. Rubio 46 /38 46 /43 42 /48 51 /37 48 /34 51 /27
K. Meek 30 /39 33 /36 32 /36 38 /31 33 /39 42 /33
J. Greene 28 /41 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 6/1-7; surveyed 1,133 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.9% (release, 6/9). Tested: Crist, Greene, Meek and Rubio.

General Election Matchups
-          All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/13
C. Crist 37% 37% 28% 51% 36% 38% 32%
M. Rubio 33 7 64 26 39 29 30
K. Meek 17 44 2 10 13 20 24
Other -- 1 -- 1 1 -- --
Not vote 1 1 -- 2 2 1 1
Undec 11 11 6 10 9 12 13

-          All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Crist 40% 46% 28% 51% 39% 40%
M. Rubio 33 6 66 25 36 31
J. Greene 14 35 2 10 13 16
Other 1 -- -- 1 1 --
Not vote 1 1 -- 1 1 1
Undec 11 11 4 12 10 12

Fav/Unfav
-          All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/13    1/24
C. Crist 52%/33% 55%/28% 44%/44% 59%/29% 48%/35% 52%/36%
M. Rubio 36 /28 8 /47 63 /11 31 /30 36 /22 32 /14
K. Meek 17 /13 34 / 6 5 /21 16 /11 18 / 8 18 / 8
J. Greene 11 /11 16 /11 4 /13 15 / 8 n/a n/a
M. Ferre 8 / 6 14 / 7 5 / 8 7 / 4 n/a n/a

Crist As Gov.
-          All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/13 1/24 10/18 8/17 6/09
Approve 57% 61% 49% 62% 55% 58% 49% 50% 59% 60% 62%
Disapprove 35 31 44 33 39 31 39 38 31 30 28

Whether You Personally Agree With Him Or Not, Do You Think Crist Makes Decisions Based On Principle And What He Thinks Is Right, Or Does He Make Decisions Based On What He Thinks Is Popular At The Time?
-                  All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
What's right 43% 47% 39% 46% 41% 45%
What's popular 48 44 55 47 52 45

Whether You Personally Agree With Him Or Not, Do You Think Rubio Makes Decisions Based On Principle And What He Thinks Is Right, Or Does He Make Decisions Based On What He Thinks Is Popular At The Time?
-                  All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
What's right 33% 22% 52% 30% 38% 29%
What's popular 42 54 28 47 42 43

Whether You Personally Agree With Him Or Not, Do You Think Meek Makes Decisions Based On Principle And What He Thinks Is Right, Or Does He Make Decisions Based On What He Thinks Is Popular At The Time?
-                  All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
What's right 20% 35% 15% 16% 20% 19%
What's popular 36 25 38 40 41 31

As You May Know, Crist Dropped Out Of The GOP Primary To Run As An Indie? Which Statement About Crist Best Represents Your View -- Crist Left The GOP Because He No Longer Agreed With The Party's Core Beliefs, Or Crist Left The GOP Because He Thought He Could Not Win The Nomination?
-                  All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
No longer agreed 32% 41% 20% 37% 28% 35%
Could not win nod 60 48 76 57 64 56

Illinois
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/7; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/9). Tested: Treas. Alexi Giannoulias (D) and Rep. Mark Kirk (R-10).

General Election Matchups
-               Now 4/28 4/5 3/8 2/3 12/9 10/14 8/11
M. Kirk 42% 46% 41% 41% 46% 39% 41% 41%
A. Giannoulias 39 38 37 44 40 42 41 38
Other 7 5 8 5 4 3 4 4
Undec 12 12 13 10 10 15 13 17

Fav/Unfav
-               Now     4/28    4/5     3/8     2/3
M. Kirk 48%/39% 52%/31% 51%/36% 49%/33% 55%/33%
A. Giannoulias 39 /46 42 /47 42 /44 44 /43 46 /39

Monday, May 24, 2010

Governor 2010

California
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/17-19 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/21). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 41%D, 31%R, 28%I. Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

Primary Election Matchups (GOPers)
-           All Men Wom 3/10
M. Whitman 46% 41% 51% 52%
S. Poizner 36 42 30 19
Undec 18 17 19 29

General Election Matchups
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/10 8/12
J. Brown 46% 78% 7% 42% 41% 51% 45% 42%
M. Whitman 42 10 84 43 48 36 41 36
Undec 12 12 9 15 11 13 14 22

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/10 8/12
J. Brown 47% 79% 8% 43% 41% 53% 48% 43%
S. Poizner 37 8 78 38 44 30 33 34
Undec 16 13 14 19 15 17 19 23

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/10    8/12
J. Brown 48%/43% 78%/16% 11%/81% 45%/41% 52%/40% 48%/37%
M. Whitman 47 /38 25 /58 75 /13 49 /35 51 /35 41 /30
S. Poizner 39 /43 18 /61 68 /20 39 /42 37 /40 35 /27

Florida
A St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9/Central Florida News 13 poll; conducted 5/14-18 by Ipsos Public Affairs; surveyed 607 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (releases, 5/22-24). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R), CFO Alex Sink (D), state Sen. Paula Dockery (R) and businessman Rick Scott (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
B. McCollum  46%
R. Scott 22
P. Dockery 3
Other 1
Not vote 4
Undec 25

General Election Matchup
-            All Dem GOP Ind
B. McCollum 34% 11% 65% 26%
A. Sink 32 61 10 26
Other 4 2 4 5
Not vote 4 2 2 12
Undec 26 24 19 31

Idaho
An Idaho Statesman/KBOI-TV poll; conducted 5/17-19 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research; surveyed 625 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 5/24). Tested: Gov. Butch Otter, '02/'06 candidate/anti-abortion activist Walt Bayes, ret. systems analyst/comedian Ron "Pete" Peterson, '08 indie SEN candidate/ex-elk rancher Rex Rammell, Ada Co. Commis. Sharon Ullman and hair salon owner Tamara Wells.

Primary Election Matchup
B. Otter     60%
R. Rammell 6
S. Ullman 4
R. Peterson 3
W. Bayes 1
T. Wells 1
Undec 25

New York
A Siena Research Institute poll; conducted 5/17-20; surveyed 905 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.3% (release, 5/24). Tested: AG Andrew Cuomo (D), developer Carl Paladino (R), '00 SEN nominee/JPMorgan exec. VP/ex-Rep. Rick Lazio (R) and Suffolk Co. Exec. Steve Levy (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom 4/15 3/18
R. Lazio 29% 36% 23% 29% 45%
C. Paladino 16 17 15 13 n/a
S. Levy 14 11 16 15 16
Undec 41 25 46 43 40

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind 4/15 3/18 3/7 2/19 1/14 12/9
A. Cuomo 66% 84% 37% 59% 61% 59% 63% 63% 66% 68%
R. Lazio 24 8 55 27 24 21 25 26 24 22
Others n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Undec 10 8 8 14 16 17 11 11 10 10

-            All Dem GOP Ind 4/15 3/18
A. Cuomo 65% 81% 44% 58% 58% 63%
S. Levy 22 8 43 26 23 16
Others n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4
Undec 13 10 13 16 19 17

-            All Dem GOP Ind 4/15
A. Cuomo 65% 80% 42% 59% 64%
C. Paladino 22 8 46 26 19
Undec 13 12 12 15 16

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/15    3/18
A. Cuomo 67%/21% 76%/12% 58%/30% 60%/29% 66%/18% 63%/22%
R. Lazio 31 /29 26 /38 37 /17 35 /25 29 /25 29 /27
S. Levy 21 /12 21 /12 17 /14 26 / 8 21 /16 16 /16
C. Paladino 15 /10 13 /11 19 / 7 15 / 8 11 /13 n/a

Pennsylvania
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/19; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/21). Tested: AG Tom Corbett (R) and Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato (D).

General Election Matchup
-           Now 4/15 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett 49% 45% 46% 52% 44%
D. Onorato 36 36 29 26 28
Other 4 8 7 5 7
Undec 10 11 17 17 21

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     4/15    3/16    2/10    12/10
T. Corbett 57%/26% 56%/29% 59%/33% 67%/15% 59%/18%
D. Onorato 46 /32 41 /32 36 /36 34 /35 30 /32

Senate 2010

California
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/17-19 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/21). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 41%D, 31%R, 28%I. Tested: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), '00 nominee/ex-Rep. Tom Campbell (R), Assemb. Chuck DeVore (R) and ex-Hewlett Packard CEO/McCain Victory '08 chair Carly Fiorina (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom 3/10
T. Campbell 37% 41% 33% 33%
C. Fiorina 22 17 27 24
C. DeVore 14 18 10 7
Undec 27 24 30 36

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/10
B. Boxer 47% 80% 7% 42% 41% 53% 47%
T. Campbell 40 9 82 40 46 34 43
Undec 13 11 11 18 13 13 10

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/10 8/12
B. Boxer 47% 80% 7% 43% 41% 53% 49% 53%
C. DeVore 38 7 80 38 44 32 39 29
Undec 15 13 13 19 15 15 12 18

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/10 8/12
B. Boxer 48% 82% 7% 43% 42% 54% 49% 52%
C. Fiorina 39 8 81 39 45 33 40 31
Undec 13 10 12 18 13 13 11 17

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/10    8/12
B. Boxer 49%/42% 73%/17% 18%/77% 48%/40% 50%/45% 49%/43%
T. Campbell 43 /42 21 /64 71 /15 44 /41 46 /37 38 /29
C. Fiorina 40 /43 17 /66 68 /14 41 /44 35 /43 22 /29
C. DeVore 38 /44 15 /66 68 /13 40 /45 34 /42 21 /27

Connecticut
A Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) poll; conducted 5/19-20 for AG Dick Blumenthal (D); surveyed 602 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/24). Tested: Blumenthal and ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R).

General Election Matchup
R. Blumenthal  55%
L. McMahon 40

Fav/Unfav
R. Blumenthal  55%/28%

Florida
A St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9/Central Florida News 13 poll; conducted 5/14-18 by Ipsos Public Affairs; surveyed 607 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (releases, 5/22-24). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (I), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-17), ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R), ex-Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre (D) and developer/financier Jeff Greene (D).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
K. Meek    33%
M. Ferre 10
J. Greene 9
Other 3
Not vote 4
Undec 41

General Election Matchup
-          All Dem GOP Ind
C. Crist 30% 38% 26% 39%
M. Rubio 27 8 51 12
K. Meek 15 33 3 7
Other 2 1 1 9
Not vote 3 2 0 5
Undec 23 18 19 29

Does Crist Leaving The GOP And Running As An Indie Make You More/Less Likely Top Vote For Him, Or Has It Not Changed Your View Of Him?
-                                            All Dem GOP Ind
More likely 24% 36% 12% 26%
Less likely 21 11 35 10
Not changed/wld vote for him in any case 25 28 23 29
Not changed/wldn't vote for him in any case 17 16 20 0

As You May Know, FL's State Legislature Has Passed A New Bill That Would Require Ultrasound Tests For Pregnant Women Seeking Abortions In The First Trimester. The Woman Would Be Required To Pay For The Ultrasound And Look At The Image Or Listen To A Description Of The Image On The Ultrasound. The New Bill Would Also Mean That The Woman's Insurance Would Not Cover The Abortion If Her Employer Accepts Any Gov't Funds. Do You Believe That Crist Should Veto This Bill Or Allow This Bill To Pass Into Law?
-      All Dem GOP Ind
Veto 55% 60% 47% 72%
Pass 31 26 40 26
Undec 14 14 12 2

As You May Know, Crist Recently Vetoed The Teacher Tenure Bill That Was Approved By GOPers In The FL House And Senate. This Bill Would Have Replaced Multi-Year Contracts For New Teachers With Annual Evaluations. Do You Agree/Disagree With Crist's Decision To Veto The Bill?
-              All Dem GOP Ind
Agree 53% 54% 51% 60%
Disagree 29 29 32 26
Neither/undec 19 17 17 14

New York
A Siena Research Institute poll; conducted 5/17-20; surveyed 905 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.3% (release, 5/24). Tested: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), '98 Comp. nominee/ex-Nassau Co. legislator/ex-Port Authority Commis. Bruce Blakeman (R), ex-Rep. Joe DioGuardi (R) and ex-Giuliani aide/ex-Bear Stearns chief economist David Malpass (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-              All Men Wom 4/15
J. DioGuardi 15% 15% 14% 24%
B. Blakeman 8 12 4 7
D. Malpass 4 3 5 5
Undec 74 70 76 65

General Election Matchups
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/15 3/18 2/19
K. Gillibrand 51% 71% 22% 44% 50% 52% 46% 48% 51%
B. Blakeman 24 9 50 28 28 21 26 24 24
Undec 25 20 28 28 22 27 28 28 25

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/15
K. Gillibrand 51% 70% 23% 46% 50% 52% 46%
J. DioGuardi 25 8 54 30 29 22 27
Undec 24 22 24 24 21 26 27

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/15
K. Gillibrand 53% 73% 21% 47% 53% 52% 46%
D. Malpass 22 6 50 26 25 20 24
Undec 25 21 29 27 22 28 30

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/15
K. Gillibrand 42%/24% 47%/18% 34%/34% 38%/27% 34%/25%
J. DioGuardi 10 / 8 9 / 7 12 / 5 12 /10 10 / 8
B. Blakeman 6 / 6 6 / 6 6 / 4 5 / 8 6 / 6
D. Malpass 5 / 6 6 / 6 5 / 4 3 / 8 5 / 5

Elect Gillibrand?
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/15 3/18 2/19 1/14
Elect her 36% 46% 24% 27% 37% 34% 27% 28% 30% 29%
Prefer another 38 27 54 41 40 36 40 38 40 45
Undec 27 26 22 32 23 30 33 34 30 26

A Siena Research Institute poll; conducted 5/17-20; surveyed 905 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.3% (release, 5/24). Tested: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D), ex-CIA operative Gary Berntsen (R), Nassau Co. Comp. George Maragos (R), '08 Assemb. candidate/businessman James Staudenraus (R) and GOP consultant Jay Townsend (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-               All Men Wom Wht Blk His 11/12
C. Schumer 78% 83% 75% 76% 86% 89% 83%
R. Credico 11 11 11 14 4 5 9
Undec 11 6 14 10 11 5 8

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-               All Men Wom
J. Townsend 10% 12% 10%
G. Maragos 5 3 6
G. Berntsen 3 6 1
J. Staudenraus 1 1 1
Undec 81 78 83

General Election Matchups
-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Schumer 64% 83% 35% 58% 62% 66%
G. Berntsen 23 7 49 26 29 18
Undec 13 10 16 17 10 16

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Schumer 65% 83% 35% 59% 62% 67%
G. Maragos 22 7 51 23 28 17
Undec 13 10 14 17 10 16

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Schumer 65% 84% 35% 57% 62% 67%
J. Staudenraus 21 7 47 23 26 17
Undec 14 9 18 20 11 16

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Schumer 63% 82% 35% 54% 60% 66%
J. Townsend 24 9 51 27 31 18
Undec 13 9 14 19 9 16

Fav/Unfav
-               All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/18
C. Schumer 64%/27% 77%/15% 47%/41% 54%/35% 62%/27%
J. Townsend 9 / 7 11 / 8 6 / 6 8 / 7 n/a
G. Maragos 6 / 6 7 / 5 2 / 6 7 / 6 n/a
R. Credico 4 / 6 5 / 5 2 / 6 3 / 9 n/a
J. Staudenraus 3 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 5 3 / 4 n/a
G. Berntsen 3 / 5 4 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 9 n/a

Re-Elect Schumer?
-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/18 2/19
Re-elect him 52% 69% 35% 38% 51% 53% 56% 55%
Prefer another 35 20 50 49 39 32 31 36
Undec 13 11 15 13 10 15 13 9

North Dakota
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/18-19; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/24). Tested: Gov. John Hoeven (R) and state Sen. Tracy Potter (D).

General Election Matchup
-           Now 4/20 3/23 2/10
J. Hoeven 72% 69% 68% 71%
T. Potter 23 24 25 17
Other 2 2 2 4
Undec 3 5 5 8

Hoeven As Gov.
-           Now 4/20 12/15
Approve 87% 83% 87%
Disapprove 12 15 11

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     4/20    3/23    2/10    12/15
J. Hoeven 85%/12% 82%/16% 83%/14% 83%/12% 82%/15%
T. Potter 38 /33 43 /31 40 /29 37 /32 n/a

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Governor 2010

California
A M4 Strategies (R) poll; conducted 5/12-13, 5/16 for the Small Business Action Cmte; surveyed 600 "high propensity" GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/17). Tested: Ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman and Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner.

Primary Election Matchup
M. Whitman  49%
S. Poizner 32
Undec 17

Fav/Unfav
M. Whitman  55%/27%
S. Poizner 39 /34

Colorado
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/14-16; surveyed 448 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.6% (release, 5/18). Tested: Businessman Joe Gschwendtner, businessman Dan Maes (R), Littleton library board member/Korean translator Yoon Joo Mager (R), ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) and Mark Vanderbilt (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-                All Men Wom 3/8
S. McInnis 50% 49% 52% 58%
D. Maes 15 17 12 8
Y. Mager 4 4 4 2
M. Vanderbilt 3 5 1 1
J. Gschwendtner 0 1 -- n/a
Undec 27 25 31 31

Fav/Unfav
-                All     Men     Wom     3/8
S. McInnis 54%/15% 54%/20% 53%/ 8% 50%/10%

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/16; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/18). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R), businessman Rick Scott (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

General Election Matchup
-            Now 4/15 3/18 2/18 2/1 12/14 10/20 6/22
B. McCollum 43% 45% 47% 48% 46% 44% 46% 42%
A. Sink 35 38 36 35 35 39 35 34
Other 11 7 5 4 5 5 5 7
Undec 11 10 12 12 13 12 15 18

R. Scott     41%
A. Sink 40
Other 7
Undec 12

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     4/15    3/18    2/18    2/1     12/14
B. McCollum 48%/33% 50%/31% 51%/31% 53%/29% 53%/30% 54%/30%
R. Scott 39 /28 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
A. Sink 38 /32 43 /37 37 /41 38 /34 39 /34 45 /31

Monday, May 17, 2010

Senate 2010

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/16; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/17). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (I), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-17) and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R).

General Election Matchup
-         Now 5/3 4/21 3/18
M. Rubio 39% 34% 37% 42%
C. Crist 31 38 30 22
K. Meek 18 17 22 25
Undec 12 11 11 11

Crist As Gov.
-             Now 5/3 4/21 4/15 3/18 2/18 1/27 12/14 10/20
Approve 57% 62% 56% 57% 45% 52% 51% 52% 49%
Disapprove 42 38 43 42 54 45 47 45 49

Fav/Unfav
-         Now     5/3     4/21    3/18    2/18    1/27
C. Crist 57%/41% 57%/40% 55%/30% 49%/48% 55%/41% 58%/40%
M. Rubio 46 /43 42 /48 51 /37 48 /34 51 /27 51 /31
K. Meek 33 /36 32 /36 38 /31 33 /39 42 /33 38 /36

Idaho
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/11; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/14). Tested: Sen. Mike Crapo (R) and businessman Tom Sullivan (D).

General Election Matchup
M. Crapo     66%
T. Sullivan 22
Other 2
Undec 9

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     3/23
M. Crapo 63%/28% 72%/20%
T. Sullivan 33 /30 n/a

Illinois
A Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D) poll; conducted 5/11-13 for Treas. Alexi Giannoulias (D); surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times, 5/17). Tested: Giannoulias and Rep. Mark Kirk (R-10).

General Election Matchup
-               Now 4/29 2/14 10/28 8/2
M. Kirk 44% 43% 45% 43% 40%
A. Giannoulias 44 37 49 46 45

Kentucky
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/15-16; surveyed 1,065 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 5/16). Tested: Sec/State Trey Grayson (R), WW II vet Gurley Martin (R), ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R), Jon Scribner (R) and ex-Supt. of Public Instr. John Stephenson (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-              All Men Wom 5/2 12/21
R. Paul 52% 31% 37% 46% 44%
T. Grayson 34 31 37 28 25
G. Martin 4 3 5 2 n/a
J. Stephenson 2 1 2 2 n/a
J. Scribner 1 2 1 0 n/a
Undec 7 7 8 21 32

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Men     Wom     5/2     12/21
R. Paul 60%/23% 64%/21% 56%/24% 47%/22% 39%/13%
T. Grayson 42 /29 41 /31 44 /26 34 /21 22 /15

Bunning As Sen.
-              All Men Wom 5/2
Approve 45% 51% 38% 43%
Disapprove 31 31 32 30

McConnell As Sen.
-              All Men Wom 5/2
Approve 57% 58% 56% 68%
Disapprove 25 27 23 20

Pennsylvania
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 5/12-16; surveyed 951 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 5/17). Tested: Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak (07).

Primary Election Matchup
-                                    RVs---------------->
- All Men Wom 5/10 5/2 4/5 2/28 12/14 9/28 7/19
J. Sestak 42% 46% 40% 42% 39% 32% 29% 30% 25% 23%
A. Specter 41 41 41 44 47 53 53 53 44 55
Other -- -- -- 1 -- -- 2 1 2 1
Not vote -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 1 1 2
Undec 16 13 18 14 14 15 14 15 28 19

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Men     Wom     5/10    5/2     4/5
A. Specter 50%/33% 52%/35% 48%/31% 50%/33% 57%/31% 60%/26%
J. Sestak 42 /11 47 /14 39 / 9 42 /10 43 /11 33 / 6

A Muhlenberg College/Allentown Morning Call tracking poll; conducted 5/12-15; surveyed 430 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.7% (release, 5/16). Tested: Specter and Sestak.

Primary Election Matchup
-            Now 5/14 5/13 5/12 5/11 5/10 5/9 5/8 5/7 5/6 5/5
A. Specter 44% 44% 45% 44% 45% 43% 42% 42% 42% 43% 45%
J. Sestak 44 43 43 44 45 47 47 46 44 43 40
Other/undec 11 12 12 12 9 10 11 12 14 13 14

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/14    5/13    5/12    5/11    5/10
A. Specter 59%/30% 58%/31% 57%/33% 53%/36% 54%/35% 52%/34%
J. Sestak 51 /18 52 /15 52 /13 54 /11 55 / 9 56 /10

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

House 2010

HI-01
A Merriman River Group (IVR) poll; conducted 5/6-7 for CivilBeat.com; surveyed 1,081 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 5/10). Tested: Ex-HI-02 Rep. Ed Case (D), state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa (D) and Honolulu Councilor Charles Djou (R).

Special Election Matchup
C. Djou      40%
E. Case 26
C. Hanabusa 26

FL-02
A Tarrance Group (R) poll; conducted 4/12-13 for the NRCC; surveyed 300 LVs; margin of error +/- 5.7% (release, 5/11). Tested: Rep. Allen Boyd (D) and funeral home chain owner Steve Southerland (R).

General Election Matchup
S. Southerland  52%
A. Boyd 37

Generic GOPer   48%
Generic Dem 35

Re-Elect Boyd?
Deserves re-election    26%
New person 61

Fav/Unfav
A. Boyd         34%/48%
N. Pelosi 25 /58
S. Southerland 14 / 2

WA-02
A Moore Information (R) poll; conducted 4/20-21 for Snohomish Co. councilor/'00 nominee John Koster (R); surveyed 300 LVs; margin of error +/- 5.7% (release, 5/10). Tested: Koster and Rep. Rick Larsen (D).

General Election Matchup
R. Larsen   44%
J. Koster 37
Undec 12

Monday, May 10, 2010

Governor 2010

Florida
A Mason-Dixon Polling & Research poll; conducted 5/3-5; surveyed 625 regular voters; margin of error +/- 3.9%. Oversamples of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/8). Party reg. breakdown of main sample: 43%D, 38%R, 19%I. Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R), state Sen. Paula Dockery (R), businessman Rick Scott (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
B. McCollum  38%
R. Scott 24
P. Dockery 7
Undec 31

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/25 6/26 5/09
B. McCollum 45% 16% 79% 41% 49% 41% 49% 41% 40%
A. Sink 36 63 5 38 34 38 34 35 34
Undec 19 21 16 21 17 21 17 24 26

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/25 6/26
A. Sink 41% 68% 9% 46% 39% 43% 44% 43%
P. Dockery 29 9 56 19 32 26 22 18
Undec 30 23 35 35 29 31 34 39

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
A. Sink 38% 66% 6% 39% 35% 41%
R. Scott 36 11 70 26 38 34
Undec 26 23 24 35 27 25

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     3/25    6/26    5/09
B. McCollum 32%/24% 39%/21% 29%/13% 29%/12%
A. Sink 26 /18 24 /15 24 / 9 24 / 3
R. Scott 19 / 8 n/a n/a n/a
P. Dockery 6 / 5 4 / 2 3 / 2 n/a

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)
-            Now     3/25    6/26
B. McCollum 46%/11% 56%/ 3% 39%/ 4%
R. Scott 28 / 1 n/a n/a
P. Dockery 10 / 4 9 / 4 8 / 3

Illinois
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/3-5 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/7). Party ID breakdown: 43%D, 30%R, 27%I. Tested: Gov. Pat Quinn (D), '06 candidate/state Sen. Bill Brady (R) and ex-'10 Dem LG nominee/pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen (I).

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Brady 39% 12% 79% 38% 43% 35%
P. Quinn 35 61 5 27 31 39
S. Cohen 3 6 0 2 4 2
Undec 23 21 16 33 22 24

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 2/24
B. Brady 39% 12% 79% 37% 44% 34% 32%
P. Quinn 36 63 5 28 33 39 47
Other/undec 25 25 16 35 23 27 21

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     2/24
P. Quinn 37%/49% 59%/22% 9%/83% 34%/54% 37%/41%
B. Brady 35 /37 11 /59 70 / 8 34 /35 29 /41
S. Cohen 19 /24 28 /18 9 /30 16 /27 n/a

Maryland
A Washington Post poll; conducted 5/3-6; surveyed 1,030 adults; margin of error +/- 3.0%. Subsample of 851 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.4%. Further subsample of 618 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 5/10). Party ID breakdown (RVs): 56%D, 27%R, 13%I. Tested: Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R).

General Election Matchup (RVs)
-               All LVs 10/08
M. O'Malley 49% 47% 57%
B. Ehrlich 41 47 36
Other/neither 3 2 1
Not vote 1 n/a 1
Undec 6 4 5

O'Malley As Gov.
-           All RVs  RVs    All   RVs
- Now Now 10/08 10/07 10/07
Approve 54% 58% 53% 53% 51%
Disapprove 34 34 37 36 39

O'Malley Handling State Budget/Taxes (RVs)
-           Now 10/07
Approve 46% 39%
Disapprove 40 52

How Much Would You Say O'Malley Has Accomplished As Gov.?
-               Now 10/07
A lot 8% 3%
A fair amount 38 25
Some 29 32
Not much 20 35

Would You Say You Are Following This Year's GOV Race ___? (RVs)
Very closely        26%
Fairly closely 35
Not too closely 23
Not at all closely 15

Are You Satisfied With The Choice Of O'Malley/Ehrlich, Or Do You Wish You Had More Choices? (RVs)
Satisfied       49%
Wish had more 45

How Important Is The Issue Of ___ In Determining Your Vote? (RVs)
-                   Extremely Very Fairly NotToo
MD economy 41% 45% 12% 2%
Public education 39 39 14 7
Budget deficit 37 39 18 4
Taxes 36 40 17 7
Crime 35 42 16 6
Environment 29 37 23 11

How Important Is The Issue Of ___ In Determining Your Vote? (LVs)
-                   Extremely Very Fairly NotToo
MD economy 43% 43% 12% 2%
Budget deficit 41 38 16 4
Public education 40 37 14 8
Taxes 38 39 16 7
Crime 33 43 17 7
Environment 26 37 25 11

Does ___ Apply More To O'Malley/Ehrlich? (RVs)
-                         O'Malley Ehrlich Both Neither Undec
Understands problems of 41% 31% 5% 10% 13%
people like you
Has a vision for the 38 31 11 6 15
state's future
Strong leader 35 37 10 6 12
He is honest/trustworthy 33 29 12 12 15

Does ___ Apply More To O'Malley/Ehrlich? (LVs)
-                         O'Malley Ehrlich Both Neither Undec
Understands problems of 39% 39% 4% 10% 9%
people like you
Has a vision for the 36 38 11 5 10
state's future
Strong leader 34 43 10 6 8
He is honest/trustworthy 31 36 12 11 10

Which Candidate Do You Trust To Do A Better Job On ___? (RVs)
-                         O'Malley Ehrlich Both Neither Undec
The environment 49% 25% 5% 5% 17%
Working effectively with 49 27 5 5 15
the MD legislature
Public education 49 29 6 3 13
Crime 40 34 5 6 16
State economy 39 43 2 4 11
State budget deficit 37 42 4 5 12
Taxes 36 44 3 5 12

Do You Think ___'s Views On Most Issues Are Too Liberal/Too Conservative/Just About Right? (RVs)
-               TooLiberal TooConservative JustAboutRight
M. O'Malley 34% 8% 45%
B. Ehrlich 6 31 46

As Things Stand Now, Regardless Of Who Wins In Nov., Do You Think The Next Gov. Will Be Able To Meet The State's Needs Without Raising Taxes, Or Do You Think He Will Need To Raise Taxes In Order To Meet The State's Needs? (RVs)
Need to raise taxes          53%
Meet without raising taxes 36

Minnesota
A KSTP-TV poll; conducted 5/3-5 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 588 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/6). Party ID breakdown: 36%R, 35%D, Tested: State House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (D), ex-Sen. Mark Dayton (D), atty/ex-state House Min. Leader Matt Entenza (D), state Rep. Tom Emmer (R) and Tom Horner (IP).

General Election Matchups
-                     All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Emmer 41% 8% 79% 34% 43% 39%
M. Anderson Kelliher 33 66 7 26 30 36
T. Horner 9 7 5 17 12 5
Undec 17 19 10 23 14 20

-                     All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Emmer 42% 10% 73% 40% 48% 35%
M. Dayton 34 66 13 25 31 38
T. Horner 9 6 7 16 10 8
Undec 15 18 7 19 11 19

-                     All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Emmer 42% 10% 80% 36% 46% 39%
M. Entenza 31 61 7 28 31 31
T. Horner 10 10 5 19 12 8
Undec 16 20 8 17 11 22

Pennsylvania
A Muhlenberg College/Allentown Morning Call tracking poll; conducted 5/6-9; surveyed 398 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/10). Tested: '04 SEN nominee/Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel, Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato, Aud. Jack Wagner, state Sen. Tony Williams.

Primary Election Matchup
-            Now 5/8 5/7 5/6 5/5 5/4 5/3 5/2 5/1
D. Onorato 35% 36% 35% 35% 34% 34% 36% 39% 41%
T. Williams 15 12 9 10 8 9 9 7 8
J. Wagner 10 8 8 8 9 8 8 6 5
J. Hoeffel 8 8 10 11 12 11 9 7 6
Other/undec 32 36 38 36 39 37 38 41 40

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/8     5/7     5/6     5/5     5/4
D. Onorato 42%/11% 39%/ 9% 38%/10% 40%/11% 38%/10% 40%/10%
T. Williams 26 /15 24 /13 21 /14 20 /12 18 /11 19 /12
J. Hoeffel 21 / 9 18 / 8 20 / 8 21 / 8 22 / 8 25 / 7
J. Wagner 19 /10 17 / 8 18 / 6 19 / 7 19 / 8 19 / 7

A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/6; surveyed 408 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/10). Tested: Hoeffel, Onorato, Wagner and Williams.

Primary Election Matchup
D. Onorato   34%
J. Wagner 17
T. Williams 17
J. Hoeffel 9
Other 6
Undec 17

Fav/Unfav
D. Onorato   58%/22%
J. Wagner 43 /24
T. Williams 41 /34
J. Hoeffel 29 /34

Rendell As Gov.
-            Now 4/12
Approve 61% 60%
Disapprove 38 39

Friday, May 7, 2010

Senate 2010

Arizona
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/3-5; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/6). Party ID breakdown: 42%R, 32%D, 26%I. Tested: Sen. John McCain (R), ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R) and Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-              All Men Wom 3/31
J. McCain 48% 51% 45% 52%
J.D. Hayworth 36 37 35 37
Other 6 7 5 n/a
Undec 10 5 15 11

General Election Matchups
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His 3/31
J. McCain 48% 7% 81% 46% 54% 42% 58% 3% 10% 52%
R. Glassman 35 73 6 35 32 38 29 67 58 33
Undec 17 20 13 19 14 20 13 30 32 15

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His 3/31
J.D. Hayworth 43% 6% 73% 40% 49% 37% 53% 6% 2% 48%
R. Glassman 42 83 7 48 37 47 37 65 60 37
Undec 15 11 20 12 14 16 10 33 34 15

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/31
J. McCain 43%/52% 11%/82% 74%/24% 33%/60% 47%/46%
J.D. Hayworth 35 /46 7 /77 63 /17 24 /55 34 /42
R. Glassman 26 /16 54 / 7 7 /25 22 /13 23 /15

Arkansas
An AR News Bureau/Stephens Media poll; conducted 5/3-5 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research; surveyed 625 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.9%. Oversamples of 500 Dem primary LVs and 500 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 4.4% for each (release, 5/7). Tested: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D), LG Bill Halter (D), businessman D.C. Morrison (D), state Sen. Gilbert Baker (R), Rep. John Boozman (R-03), Safe Foods Corp CEO Curtis Coleman (R), state Senate Min. Leader Kim Hendren (R), '04 nominee/'06 LG nominee/ex-state Sen. Jim Holt (R) and ret. Army Col./ind. security contractor Conrad Reynolds (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
B. Lincoln     44%
B. Halter 32
D.C. Morrison 7
Undec 17

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
J. Boozman     48%
J. Holt 17
G. Baker 11
K. Hendren 5
C. Reynolds 2
C. Coleman 1
Other 1
Undec 15

General Election Matchups
-              Now 1/20
G. Baker 47% 43% G. Baker 42%
B. Lincoln 39 39 B. Halter 34
Undec 14 18 Undec 24

J. Boozman     52%            J. Boozman     56%
B. Lincoln 35 B. Halter 32
Undec 13 Undec 12

-              Now 1/20
J. Holt 45% 37% J. Holt 42%
B. Lincoln 40 43 B. Halter 36
Undec 15 20 Undec 22

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     1/20
J. Boozman 38%/11% n/a
B. Halter 29 /21 28%/11%
B. Lincoln 28 /53 39 /41

Florida
A Mason-Dixon Polling & Research poll; conducted 5/3-5; surveyed 625 regular voters; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 5/6). Party reg. breakdown: 43%D, 38%R, 19%I. Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (I), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R).

General Election Matchup
-         All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His 3/25
C. Crist 38% 48% 18% 55% 37% 39% 44% 19% 17% 35%
M. Rubio 32 4 70 19 37 27 32 3 64 28
K. Meek 19 36 3 13 16 22 13 68 6 20
Undec 11 12 9 13 10 12 11 10 13 17

Crist As Gov.
-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 8/08 2/08 11/07
Excellent/good 51% 68% 29% 55% 46% 56% 57% 64% 61%
Fair/poor 48 32 70 44 54 42 41 32 34

Fav/Unfav
-         Now     3/25    6/26    5/09    11/06   10/06
C. Crist 41%/31% 37%/31% 49%/21% 49%/15% 47%/32% 51%/21%
M. Rubio 35 /28 27 /17 18 /11 13 / 5 n/a n/a
K. Meek 17 /11 15 / 8 11 / 5 11 / 2 n/a n/a

Crist Recently Vetoed A Bill That Would Have Made Teacher Pay In FL Based On Classroom Performance As Measured By Professional Evaluations And The Test Scores Of Students
-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Approve 55% 81% 21% 65% 52% 58%
Disapprove 38 8 75 30 43 33

Iowa
A KCCI-TV poll; conducted 5/3-5 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/6). Party ID breakdown: 33%D, 29%R, 38%I. Tested: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) and '82 GOV nominee/ex-U.S. Atty Roxanne Conlin (D).

General Election Matchup
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 2/17
C. Grassley 49% 13% 85% 53% 56% 42% 56%
R. Conlin 40 76 6 35 34 46 35
Undec 11 11 9 12 10 12 9

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     2/17
C. Grassley 58%/37% 59%/35%
R. Conlin 45 /35 41 /36

Kentucky
A Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies (R) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/4; surveyed 611 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/6). Tested: Sec/State Trey Grayson (R) and ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-           All Men Wom 2/18
R. Paul 43% 45% 41% 44%
T. Grayson 28 27 30 23
Other 8 10 7 n/a
Undec 21 19 23 33

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Men     Wom     2/18
R. Paul 50%/24% 57%/23% 44%/25% 43%/12%
T. Grayson 45 /26 51 /27 40 /24 31 /20

North Carolina
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/5; surveyed 1,200 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.8%. Subsample of 522 Dem primary runoff LVs; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 5/6). Tested: Sen. Richard Burr (R), atty/Iraq vet/ex-state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D) and Sec/State Elaine Marshall (D).

Primary Runoff Election Matchup (Dems)
E. Marshall    42%
C. Cunningham 37
Other 4
Undec 17

General Election Matchups
-              Now 4/19 3/22 2/23 1/27
R. Burr 50% 53% 51% 51% 50%
C. Cunningham 37 31 32 29 34
Other 3 4 7 6 5
Undec 10 13 11 14 11

-              Now 4/19 3/22 2/23 1/27 9/15
R. Burr 48% 53% 51% 50% 47% 48%
E. Marshall 40 32 35 34 37 38
Other 3 6 6 4 6 3
Undec 9 12 8 12 10 11

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     4/19    3/22    2/23    1/27    9/15
R. Burr 57%/33% 55%/31% 60%/26% 60%/28% 56%/32% 58%/26%
E. Marshall 45 /37 36 /40 38 /39 44 /32 41 /36 37 /34
C. Cunningham 43 /35 34 /37 29 /32 34 /34 34 /29 n/a

Ohio
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/5; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/7). Tested: LG Lee Fisher (D) and ex-OMB Dir./ex-Rep. Rob Portman (R).

General Election Matchup
-           Now 3/30 3/4 2/6 1/12 12/7 9/23
L. Fisher 43% 38% 39% 39% 37% 36% 40%
R. Portman 42 43 44 43 44 38 41
Other 4 4 5 5 4 8 6
Undec 11 14 12 13 14 18 14

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/30    3/4     2/6     1/12    12/7
L. Fisher 48%/34% 39%/38% 41%/37% 38%/39% 41%/39% 36%/35%
R. Portman 45 /26 45 /26 45 /27 45 /24 49 /25 48 /21

Pennsylvania
A Muhlenberg College/Allentown Morning Call tracking poll; conducted 5/3-6; surveyed 410 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.8% (release, 5/7). Tested: Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak (07).

Primary Election Matchup
-            Now 5/5 5/4 5/3 5/2 5/1
A. Specter 43% 45% 48% 46% 49% 48%
J. Sestak 43 40 40 42 40 42
Other/undec 13 14 11 12 11 11

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/5     5/4     5/3     5/2     5/1
A. Specter 54%/34% 56%/30% 57%/29% 55%/33% 58%/32% 58%/31%
J. Sestak 48 /13 44 /13 42 /14 45 /11 43 /12 45 /12

Monday, May 3, 2010

Senate 2010

Florida
A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll; conducted 4/26-27 for Gov. Charlie Crist (R); surveyed 800 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.4% (Leary, "The Buzz," St. Petersburg Times, 4/30). Tested: Crist, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-17) and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R). (Note: Crist was tested as "No Party Affiliation." He announced 4/29 that he would leave the GOP and run under the No Party Affiliation designation. Public Opinion Strategies is no longer working for the Crist campaign.)

General Election Matchup
C. Crist  36%
M. Rubio 28
K. Meek 23

Are You Satisfied/Dissatisfied With A Two-Party Political System?
Satisfied     41%
Dissatisfied 54

A McLaughlin & Assoc. (R) poll; conducted 4/24-25 for the Associated Industries of FL; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (Thomas, Orlando Sentinel, 4/30). Tested: Crist, Meek and Rubio.

General Election Matchup
C. Crist  33%
M. Rubio 29
K. Meek 15

Kentucky
A Voter / Consumer Research (R) poll; conducted 4/28-29 for Sec/State Trey Grayson (R); surveyed 600 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/3). Tested: Grayson and ophthalmologist Rand Paul.

Primary Election Matchup
-           Now 4/7
T. Grayson 40% 39%
R. Paul 40 37
Undec 20 18

A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/28; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/3). Tested: AG Jack Conway (D), '04 nominee/LG Dan Mongiardo (D), Grayson and Paul.

General Election Matchups
-             Now 3/31 3/2 2/2 1/6 9/30
T. Grayson 43% 52% 45% 44% 45% 40%
J. Conway 38 32 35 40 35 40
Other 8 5 7 3 7 3
Undec 12 11 12 12 12 17

-             Now 3/31 3/2 2/2 1/6 9/30
R. Paul 47% 50% 46% 47% 46% 38%
J. Conway 38 36 38 39 38 42
Other 4 3 4 3 4 4
Undec 10 11 12 11 12 15

-             Now 3/31 3/2 2/2 1/6 9/30   
T. Grayson 45% 53% 44% 49% 44% 44%
D. Mongiardo 31 33 37 35 37 37
Other 10 5 8 5 8 4
Undec 13 9 11 11 11 14

-             Now 3/31 3/2 2/2 1/6 9/30
R. Paul 48% 52% 49% 48% 49% 43%
D. Mongiardo 32 37 35 37 35 38
Other 8 3 3 3 3 6
Undec 12 8 13 12 13 13

Fav/Unfav
-             Now     3/31    3/2     2/2     1/6     9/30
R. Paul 56%/31% 53%/33% 57%/26% 54%/26% 57%/25% 51%/23%
T. Grayson 54 /27 55 /28 56 /21 61 /18 57 /21 53 /20
J. Conway 47 /36 44 /39 40 /33 47 /32 46 /36 49 /27
D. Mongiardo 40 /48 42 /46 43 /43 45 /43 44 /44 41 /43

North Carolina
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/1-2; surveyed 803 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.5% (release, 5/2). Tested: Atty/Iraq vet/ex-state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D), Susan Harris (D), atty/Obama fundraiser Ken Lewis (D), '02 candidate/Sec/State Elaine Marshall (D), atty Marcus Williams (D) and librarian Ann Worthy (D).

Primary Election Matchup
-              All Men Wom Wht Blk Oth 4/26 4/11 3/15 2/15
E. Marshall 28% 23% 32% 32% 21% 21% 26% 23% 20% 29%
C. Cunningham 21 25 18 27 12 7 23 17 16 12
K. Lewis 9 8 9 7 13 10 7 9 11 5
M. Williams 4 4 4 2 8 6 4 0 2 2
A. Worthy 3 3 3 2 3 10 3 1 0 n/a
S. Harris 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 n/a
Undec 33 35 32 29 40 43 34 45 47 51

Primary Runoff Election Matchup
-              All Men Wom Wht Blk Oth
E. Marshall 43% 39% 46% 40% 51% 38%
C. Cunningham 32 36 29 37 24 11
Undec 25 25 25 23 26 51

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Men     Wom     4/26    4/11    3/15
E. Marshall 47%/14% 44%/19% 49%/10% 44%/15% 32%/ 7% 27%/10%
C. Cunningham 36 /16 39 /20 34 /13 39 /17 8 / 6 8 / 9
K. Lewis 20 /15 22 /19 19 /12 23 /17 11 / 9 9 /12

Ohio
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 4/28-5/2; surveyed 980 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1% (release, 5/3). Tested: Sec/State Jennifer Brunner and LG Lee Fisher.

Primary Election Matchup
-                                 RVs----------------------->
- All Men Wom 4/26 3/28 2/21 11/9 9/13 7/1 5/4 3/09
L. Fisher 43% 49% 40% 41% 33% 29% 24% 26% 24% 20% 18%
J. Brunner 23 24 23 24 26 20 22 17 21 16 14
Other 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 19
Not vote -- -- -- -- -- 2 2 2 3 1 2
Undec 32 26 35 34 40 48 51 55 51 59 46

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Men     Wom     4/26    3/28
L. Fisher 44%/ 8% 50%/13% 40%/ 5% 41%/ 7% 33%/ 8%
J. Brunner 26 / 7 30 / 9 24 / 6 26 / 7 24 / 7

Pennsylvania
A Muhlenberg College/Allentown Morning Call tracking poll; conducted 4/28-5/1; surveyed 408 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/2). Tested: Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak (07).

Primary Election Matchup
A. Specter   48%
J. Sestak 42
Other/undec 11

Fav/Unfav
A. Specter   58%/31%
J. Sestak 45 /12

Utah
A Salt Lake Deseret News/KSL-TV poll; conducted 4/27-28 by Dan Jones & Assoc. (R); surveyed 406 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/3).

Fav/Unfav
B. Bennett  50%/39%

A Salt Lake Tribune poll; conducted 4/26-28; surveyed 215 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 6.7% (release, 5/2). Tested: Sen. Bob Bennett, '02/'04 UT-02 candidate/venture capitalist Tim Bridgewater, ex-Rep. Merrill Cook, WebsTarget marketing VP Cherilyn Eagar and ex-Jon Huntsman gen. counsel Mike Lee.

Primary Election Matchup
B. Bennett      39%
M. Lee 20
T. Bridgewater 14
M. Cook 6
C. Eagar 1
Undec 20

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Senate 2010

Arizona
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 4/23-25; surveyed 387 GOP primary voters; margin of error +/- 5.0% (release, 4/29). Tested: Sen. John McCain, Navy vet Jim Deakin and ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth.

Primary Election Matchup
-              All Men Wom
J. McCain 46% 36% 56%
J.D. Hayworth 35 43 27
J. Deakin 7 8 6
Undec 12 13 11

McCain As Sen.
-              All Men Wom 9/25
Approve 44% 40% 49% 65%
Disapprove 45 48 42 25

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Men     Wom
J.D. Hayworth 37%/40% 44%/39% 29%/41%

A Rocky Mountain Poll; conducted 4/12-25 by the Behavior Research Center; surveyed 800 adults; margin of error +/- 3.5%. Subsample of 666 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.8%. Further subsample of 289 GOP primary voters; margin of error +/- 5.8% (release, 4/28). Tested: McCain, Hayworth and Tucson city Councilor Rodney Glassman (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-              All GOP Ind
J. McCain 54% 55% 46%
J.D. Hayworth 28 26 43
Undec 18 19 11

General Election Matchups
-              All Dem GOP Ind
J. McCain 46% 20% 77% 36%
R. Glassman 24 50 5 19
Undec 30 30 18 45

-              All Dem GOP Ind
J.D. Hayworth 37% 14% 67% 24%
R. Glassman 30 56 9 28
Undec 33 30 24 48

Would You Say That McCain Is Doing An Excellent/Good, Fair, Poor/Very Poor Job As Regards ___?
-                              Excel./Good Fair Poor/VeryPoor
Working to maintain a strong 53% 17% 19%
military defense for U.S.
Running a clean campaign that 34 28 27
does not engage in name
calling or mudslinging
Representing the opinions of 31 20 39
people like you
Working to promote peace in 30 32 23
the world
Working to reduce the 29 22 25
partisan stalemate in DC
Working to protect the 28 28 25
environment
Working to create jobs in AZ 28 19 38
Working to secure the 27 24 36
U.S./Mexico border
Working to stop the illegal 27 21 39
drug trade between U.S. and
Mexico
Working to improve education 26 25 33
in the U.S.
Working for immigration 26 17 35
reform

Arkansas
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/26; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/28). Tested: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D), LG Bill Halter (D), state Sen. Gilbert Baker (R), Rep. John Boozman (R-03), Safe Foods Corp. CEO Curtis Coleman (R), state Senate Min. Leader Kim Hendren (R) and '04 nominee/'06 LG nominee/ex-state Sen. Jim Holt (R).

General Election Matchups
-           Now 3/30 3/1 2/1 1/5 12/1 9/28               
G. Baker 53% 51% 45% 52% 51% 47% 47%
B. Lincoln 31 36 40 33 39 41 39
Other 12 6 6 6 3 6 5
Undec 4 7 8 8 7 7 8

-           Now 3/30 3/1 2/1
J. Boozman 57% 51% 48% 54%
B. Lincoln 29 36 39 35
Other 9 6 6 4
Undec 5 7 7 7

-           Now 3/30 3/1 2/1 1/5 12/1 9/28
C. Coleman 52% 48% 43% 50% 48% 44% 43%
B. Lincoln 32 36 41 34 38 40 41
Other 8 7 7 7 4 7 5
Undec 7 8 10 9 9 9 11

-           Now 3/30 3/1 2/1 1/5 12/1 9/28
K. Hendren 51% 51% 43% 51% 47% 46% 44%
B. Lincoln 30 35 38 35 39 39 41
Other 11 5 7 7 4 6 5
Undec 8 8 12 7 10 9 10

-           Now 3/30 3/1
J. Holt 54% 51% 45%
B. Lincoln 31 35 38
Other 6 7 6
Undec 9 7 10

-           Now 3/30 3/1
G. Baker 48% 44% 44%
B. Halter 33 36 37
Other 10 7 5
Undec 9 12 13

-           Now 3/30 3/1
J. Boozman 56% 48% 52%
B. Halter 31 34 33
Other 7 8 6
Undec 7 11 9

-           Now 3/30 3/1
C. Coleman 43% 40% 38%
B. Halter 37 37 35
Other 11 10 9
Undec 9 13 18

-           Now 3/30 3/1
K. Hendren 45% 42% 42%
B. Halter 33 34 35
Other 13 10 7
Undec 9 13 15

-           Now 3/30 3/1
J. Holt 49% 43% 42%
B. Halter 31 34 38
Other 12 9 8
Undec 8 14 12

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/30    3/1     2/1     1/5     12/1
J. Boozman 58%/24% 47%/25% 51%/27% 51%/24% n/a n/a
B. Halter 48 /42 47 /40 48 /34 n/a n/a n/a
J. Holt 47 /27 46 /24 44 /25 n/a n/a n/a
G. Baker 42 /27 37 /25 38 /23 40 /22 42%/20% 40%/19%
C. Coleman 37 /29 35 /25 34 /24 39 /19 n/a 37 /22
K. Hendren 36 /26 38 /21 36 /23 35 /19 37 /20 41 /19
B. Lincoln 31 /63 37 /61 41 /52 36 /59 38 /56 43 /52

Florida
A WFLA-TV poll; conducted 4/28 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 500 adults; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/28).

Crist As Gov.
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
Approve 52% 46% 51% 60% 49% 55% 53% 43% 57%
Disapprove 42 44 45 37 49 36 41 41 43

Indiana
A SurveyUSA (IVR) poll; conducted 4/22-26 for the IPFW Mike Downs Center for IN Politics; surveyed 407 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (Brown, FoxNews.com, 4/29). Tested: Wachovia Securities branch mgr. Don Bates (R), businessman/tea-party organizer Richard Behney (R), ex-Sen. Dan Coats (R), ex-Rep. John Hostettler (R) and state Sen. Marlin Stutzman (R).

Primary Election Matchup
D. Coats       36%
J. Hostettler 24
M. Stutzman 18
D. Bates 6
R. Behney 4
Undec 13

Nevada
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/27; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/29). Tested: Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid, '06 NV-02 candidate/ex-Assemb. Sharron Angle (R), state GOP chair Sue Lowden (R) and '04 state Senate nominee/'06 sec/State nominee/businessman/ex-UNLV basketball player Danny Tarkanian (R).

General Election Matchups
-             Now 3/31 3/3 2/2 1/11 12/9
S. Angle 48% 51% 46% 44% 44% 47%
H. Reid 40 40 38 40 40 43
Other 7 6 11 7 10 7
Undec 4 3 5 8 7 3

-             Now 3/31 3/3 2/2 1/11 12/9 9/14
S. Lowden 52% 54% 51% 45% 48% 49% 50%
H. Reid 39 39 38 39 36 43 40
Other 6 4 7 8 8 6 4
Undec 3 2 3 8 7 3 5

-             Now 3/31 3/3 2/2 1/11 12/9 9/14
D. Tarkanian 51% 49% 50% 47% 50% 49% 50%
H. Reid 41 42 37 39 36 43 43%
Other 4 6 9 8 5 6 4
Undec 4 2 4 6 9 2 3

Fav/Unfav
-             Now     3/31    3/3     2/2     1/11    12/9
S. Lowden 56%/35% 54%/33% 56%/31% 48%/27% 47%/28% 46%/32%
D. Tarkanian 53 /35 55 /34 52 /29 50 /35 49 /28 49 /30
S. Angle 48 /32 48 /33 40 /36 37 /30 39 /33 40 /37
H. Reid 43 /56 37 /62 39 /58 44 /55 41 /55 40 /57

Ohio
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 4/21-26; surveyed 1,568 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5% (release, 4/29). Tested: Sec/State Jennifer Brunner (D), LG Lee Fisher (D) and ex-Rep./ex-OMB Dir. Rob Portman (R).

General Election Matchups
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13 7/1
J. Brunner 40% 77% 7% 32% 39% 42% 38% 35% 34% 39% 35%
R. Portman 36 6 79 34 40 33 37 40 38 34 34
Other 1 -- -- 2 1 -- 1 -- -- 1 1
Not vote 2 2 -- 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
Undec 21 15 14 29 19 23 23 23 27 25 29

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13 7/1
L. Fisher 40% 79% 7% 31% 37% 43% 41% 37% 36% 42% 37%
R. Portman 37 7 80 35 42 33 37 40 39 31 33
Other 1 -- -- 2 1 -- 1 -- -- 1 2
Not vote 1 -- -- 2 1 -- 1 2 1 1 2
Undec 21 13 13 30 19 23 21 21 24 26 26

Fisher As LG
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13 7/1
Approve 42% 66% 21% 37% 42% 42% 43% 39% 39% 44% 39%
Disapprove 27 13 44 28 31 24 23 22 23 21 24

Brunner As Sec/State
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13 7/1
Approve 42% 65% 21% 39% 42% 43% 42% 36% 38% 41% 38%
Disapprove 27 8 48 29 31 23 23 25 25 23 25

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/29    2/21
L. Fisher 27%/13% 47%/ 4% 11%/25% 21%/12% 27%/13% 26%/12%
R. Portman 25 / 8 9 /15 51 / 1 22 / 8 25 / 8 25 / 7
J. Brunner 25 /14 41 / 4 9 /23 22 /15 21 /12 21 /12

Would You Like To See The Next Sen. Generally Support/Oppose Obama's Policies?
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/29
Support 45% 84% 11% 36% 42% 48% 44%
Oppose 48 10 84 55 53 44 46

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

House 2010

FL-25
A Benenson Strategy Group (D) poll; conducted 3/24-27; surveyed 417 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.8% (McArdle, Roll Call, 4/27). Tested: '08 nominee/ex-Obama appointee Joe Garcia (D) and state Rep. David Rivera (R).

General Election Matchup
J. Garcia  38%
D. Rivera 35
Undec 24

WV-01
A FrederickPolls (D) poll; conducted 4/21-22 for Rep. Alan Mollohan (D); surveyed 400 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (Mancini, Parkersburg News and Sentinel, 4/27). Tested: Mollohan and state Sen. Mike Oliverio.

Primary Election Matchup
A. Mollohan  45%
M. Oliverio 36
Undec 19

Monday, April 26, 2010

House 2010

FL-22
A Wilson Research Strategies (R) poll; conducted 4/18-19 for '08 nominee Allen West (R); surveyed 400 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 4/26). Tested: West and Rep. Ron Klein (D).

General Election Matchup
A. West    44%
R. Klein 42

Fav/Unfav
R. Klein   43%/31%
A. West 23 / 8

ND-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/20; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/26). Tested: Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D) and state Rep. Rick Berg (R).

General Election Matchups
-           Now 3/24 2/10
R. Berg 49% 51% 46%
E. Pomeroy 45 44 40
Other 2 1 3
Undec 4 4 11

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/24    2/10
R. Berg 53%/28% 56%/22% n/a
E. Pomeroy 51 /48 48 /49 48%/46%

SD-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/21; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/26). Tested: 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 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin 48% 45% 51%
B. Curd 36 33 33
Other 7 8 5
Undec 9 14 12

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

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

Fav/Unfav
-                   Now     3/25
S. Herseth Sandlin 55%/43% 52%/43%

WV-01
An Orion Strategies poll; conducted 4/21 for state Sen. Mike Oliverio (D); surveyed 400 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (King, Wheeling News-Register, 4/24). Tested: Oliverio and Rep. Alan Mollohan (D).

Primary Election Matchup
M. Oliverio  41%
A. Mollohan 33
Undec 26

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Senate 2010

California
A Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research (R) poll; conducted 4/10-13; surveyed 304 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 5.6% (release, 4/22). Tested: '00 nominee/ex-Rep. Tom Campbell, Assemb. Chuck DeVore and ex-Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. (Note: Each candidate is ID by his/her ballot designation: Campbell is "Economist/Business Educator"; DeVore is "Assemblyman/Military Reservist"; and Fiorina is "Business Executive".)

Primary Election Matchup
-            All Men Wom
T. Campbell 31% 34% 27%
C. Fiorina 17 19 16
C. DeVore 15 19 11
Other 1 2 --
Undec 35 23 46

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/21; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/22). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (R), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-17) and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R). (Note: Crist was tested as an indie.)

General Election Matchup
-         Now 3/18
M. Rubio 37% 42%
C. Crist 30 22
K. Meek 22 25
Undec 11 11

Crist As Gov.
-             Now 4/15 3/18 2/18 1/27 12/14 10/20
Approve 56% 57% 45% 52% 51% 52% 49%
Disapprove 43 42 54 45 47 45 49

Fav/Unfav
-         Now     3/18    2/18    1/27    12/14   10/19
C. Crist 55%/30% 49%/48% 55%/41% 58%/40% 59%/38% 57%/41%
M. Rubio 51 /37 48 /34 51 /27 51 /31 41 /33 33 /34
K. Meek 38 /31 33 /39 42 /33 38 /36 51 /29 39 /34

North Carolina
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/19; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/21). Tested: Sen. Richard Burr (R), atty/Iraq vet/ex-state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D) and Sec/State Elaine Marshall (D).

General Election Matchups
-              Now 3/22 2/23 1/27
R. Burr 53% 51% 51% 50%
C. Cunningham 31 32 29 34
Other 4 7 6 5
Undec 13 11 14 11

-              Now 3/22 2/23 1/27 9/15
R. Burr 53% 51% 50% 47% 48%
E. Marshall 32 35 34 37 38
Other 6 6 4 6 3
Undec 12 8 12 10 11

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     3/22    2/23    1/27    9/15
R. Burr 55%/31% 60%/26% 60%/28% 56%/32% 58%/26%
E. Marshall 36 /40 38 /39 44 /32 41 /36 37 /34
C. Cunningham 34 /37 29 /32 34 /34 34 /29 n/a

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Governor 2010

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/15; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/20). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

General Election Matchup
-            Now 3/18 2/18 2/1 12/14 10/20 6/22
B. McCollum 45% 47% 48% 46% 44% 46% 42%
A. Sink 38 36 35 35 39 35 34
Other 7 5 4 5 5 5 7
Undec 10 12 12 13 12 15 18

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     3/18    2/18    2/1     12/14   10/20
B. McCollum 50%/31% 51%/31% 53%/29% 53%/30% 54%/30% 49%/31%
A. Sink 43 /37 37 /41 38 /34 39 /34 45 /31 41 /30

Kansas
A KWCH-TV poll; conducted 4/9-11 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/16).

Brownback As Sen.
-           Now 3/14 2/14 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/28 8/27 7/19
Approve 41% 50% 56% 51% 49% 57% 48% 54% 50%
Disapprove 47 42 37 40 40 30 42 36 34

Massachusetts
A Western New England College poll; conducted 4/11-15; surveyed 528 adults; margin of error +/- 4.3%. Subsample of 481 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.5% (release, 4/19). Tested: Gov. Deval Patrick (D), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care CEO/ex-MA HHS/Finance sec. Charlie Baker (R) and Treas. Tim Cahill (I).

General Election Matchup (RVs)
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
D. Patrick 34% 66% 3% 26% 34% 33%
T. Cahill 29 17 32 35 29 28
C. Baker 27 6 64 29 31 23
Undec 10 10 1 10 6 15

Patrick As Gov.
-           All RVs  All  RVs   All   All
- Now Now 3/09 3/09 2/09 11/08
Approve 34% 34% 41% 40% 47% 50%
Disapprove 48 49 43 43 35 25

Fav/Unfav (RVs)
D. Patrick  40%/48%
T. Cahill 32 /18
C. Baker 20 /13

Direction Of MA (RVs)
-           Now 11/08
Right dir. 30% 39%
Wrong dir. 60 50

Pennsylvania
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/15; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/19). Tested: AG Tom Corbett (R), '04 SEN nominee/Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D), Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato (D) and Aud. Jack Wagner (D).

General Election Matchups
-           Now 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett 49% 49% 51% 48%
J. Hoeffel 29 28 29 26
Other 11 5 5 9
Undec 11 18 15 17

-           Now 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett 45% 46% 52% 44%
D. Onorato 36 29 26 28
Other 8 7 5 7
Undec 11 17 17 21

-           Now 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett 48% 46% 49% 43%
J. Wagner 27 33 28 30
Other 11 6 5 8
Undec 14 16 17 20

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/16    2/10    12/10
T. Corbett 56%/29% 59%/33% 67%/15% 59%/18%
D. Onorato 41 /32 36 /36 34 /35 30 /32
J. Hoeffel 33 /37 28 /35 33 /33 26 /35
J. Wagner 32 /36 40 /30 40 /28 37 /30

Senate 2010

California
A KABC-TV/KFSN-TV/KGTV-TV/KPIX-TV poll; conducted 4/9-11 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/16).

Boxer As Sen.
-           Now 3/14 2/14 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/29 8/27 7/19
Approve 41% 40% 47% 48% 39% 43% 41% 46% 50%
Disapprove 47 50 43 45 49 47 48 44 42

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/15; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/20).

Crist As Gov.
-           Now 3/18 2/18 1/27 12/14 10/20
Approve 57% 45% 52% 51% 52% 49%
Disapprove 42 54 45 47 45 49

Indiana
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/13-14; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/19). Tested: Ex-Sen. Dan Coats (R), ex-Rep. John Hostettler (R), state Sen. Marlin Stutzman (R) and Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-08).

General Election Matchups
-              Now 3/18 2/17
D. Coats 54% 49% 46%
B. Ellsworth 33 34 32
Other 5 6 7
Undec 9 12 15

-              Now 3/18 2/17
J. Hostettler 50% 50% 46%
B. Ellsworth 33 32 27
Other 5 4 7
Undec 12 15 19

-              Now 3/18 2/17
M. Stutzman 41% 41% 40%
B. Ellsworth 36 34 30
Other 7 6 9
Undec 16 18 21

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     3/18    2/17    1/24
D. Coats 61%/21% 53%/30% 54%/27% n/a
J. Hostettler 47 /30 51 /26 48 /22 44%/27%
B. Ellsworth 40 /37 43 /33 35 /29 n/a
M. Stutzman 37 /30 37 /24 35 /25 31 /26

Oregon
A KATU-TV poll; conducted 4/9-11 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/14).

Wyden As Sen.
-           Now 3/14 2/14 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/28 8/27 7/19
Approve 51% 49% 50% 53% 53% 51% 55% 56% 53%
Disapprove 35 41 37 40 40 40 32 35 34

Washington
A KATU-TV/KING-TV poll; conducted 4/9-11 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/14).

Murray As Sen.
-           Now 3/14 2/14 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/28 8/27 7/19
Approve 46% 42% 43% 55% 52% 47% 48% 47% 50%
Disapprove 48 45 50 39 40 45 41 43 45
 
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