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Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

House 2010

IA-03
A Victory Enterprises (R) poll; conducted 6/17 for state Sen. Brad Zaun (R); surveyed 400 Lvs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/21). Tested: Zaun and Rep. Leonard Boswell (D).

General Election Matchup
B. Zaun     41%
L. Boswell 32
Undec 27

Fav/Unfav
B. Obama    44%/39%
B. Zaun 32 /19
L. Boswell 32 /42

VA-02
A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll; conducted 6/14-15 for car dealer Scott Rigell (R); surveyed 400 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/21). Tested: Rigell, Rep. Glenn Nye (D) and ex-VA Beach GOP Chair Kenny Golden (I)

General Election Matchup
S. Rigell  41%
G. Nye 35
K. Golden 4

Fav/Unfav
G. Nye     45%/31%

Friday, June 18, 2010

Senate 2010

Iowa
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/14; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/17). Tested: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) and '82 GOV nominee/ex-U.S. Atty Roxanne Conlin (D).

General Election Matchup
-            Now 4/29 3/17 2/18 1/26
C. Grassley 54% 53% 55% 53% 59%
R. Conlin 37 40 36 36 31
Other 2 3 4 5 4
Undec 8 4 5 6 5

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     4/29    3/17    2/18    1/26    9/22
C. Grassley 68%/31% 63%/34% 66%/31% 68%/29% 67%/30% 68%/30%
R. Conlin 44 /36 44 /40 39 /39 35 /45 35 /45 n/a

Monday, June 7, 2010

Governor 2010

Iowa
A Des Moines Register poll; conducted 6/1-3 by Selzer & Co.; surveyed 501 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/5). Tested: Ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

Primary Election Matchup
T. Branstad       57%
B. Vander Plaats 29
R. Roberts 8
Undec 6

Fav/Unfav
T. Branstad       75%/21%
B. Vander Plaats 47 /19
R. Roberts 29 /11

Which Candidate Stands Out As Having The Best Experience To Do The Job?
T. Branstad       75%
B. Vander Plaats 13
R. Roberts 4
None of these 2
Undec 6

Which Candidate Stands Out As Best Able To Defeat Culver In The Nov. General Election?
T. Branstad       69%
B. Vander Plaats 17
R. Roberts 5
None of these 3
Undec 6

Which Candidate Stands Out As Having The Best Ideas For Bringing New Jobs To IA?
T. Branstad       52%
B. Vander Plaats 22
R. Roberts 7
None of these 3
Undec 16

Which Candidate Stands Out As Best Able To Cut The Amount Iowans Pay In Taxes?
T. Branstad       48%
B. Vander Plaats 23
R. Roberts 8
None of these 4
Undec 17

Which Candidate Stands Out As Best Able To Curb Gov't Spending?
T. Branstad       48%
B. Vander Plaats 27
R. Roberts 8
None of these 3
Undec 14

Which Candidate Stands Out As Most Committed To Making Decisions For Common Good That May Not Be Popular?
T. Branstad       48%
B. Vander Plaats 29
R. Roberts 8
None of these 2
Undec 13

Which Candidate Stands Out As Having The Freshest Iseas And New Approaches To IA's Problems?
T. Branstad       40%
B. Vander Plaats 34
R. Roberts 11
None of these 3
Undec 12

If Your Choice Is Not The Nominee, How Likely Is It You Will Support The Winner Of The Primary Against Culver In Nov.?
Definitely vote for GOP candidate          50%
Probably vote for GOP candidate 25
Might or might not vote for GOP candidate 10
Probably will not vote for GOP candidate 8
Undec/no candidate choice 7

Nevada
A Las Vegas Review-Journal poll; conducted 6/1-3 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, surveyed 625 regular voters; margin of error +/- 3.9%. Oversample of 500 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/5). Tested: Gov. Jim Gibbons (R), ex-North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon (R), ex-U.S. District Judge/ex-NV AG/ex-NV Gaming Commis. chair Brian Sandoval (R) and Clark Co. Commis. Rory Reid (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom 5/11 4/7 2/24 1/7 12/2 10/8 8/18
B. Sandoval 47% 41% 54% 45% 39% 37% 39% 39% 41% 33%
J. Gibbons 33 41 24 27 25 30 23 18 20 17
M. Montandon 6 6 6 6 7 9 7 6 4 3
Others 1 1 1 1 -- n/a n/a -- -- 1
Undec 12 10 14 21 29 24 31 37 35 46

General Election Matchups
-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/7 2/24 1/7 12/2 10/8
R. Reid 44% 77% 7% 44% 38% 50% 42% 42% 43% 48% 49%
J. Gibbons 38 11 71 35 46 30 40 38 36 34 37
Other 2 1 3 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
None 5 4 6 7 6 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Undec 11 7 13 11 9 14 18 20 21 18 14

-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/7 2/24 1/7 12/2 10/8
B. Sandoval 51% 19% 84% 57% 56% 46% 50% 51% 53% 49% 50%
R. Reid 37 68 5 31 34 40 35 29 31 34 33
Other 1 1 1 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
None 1 2 -- 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Undec 10 10 10 9 8 12 15 20 16 17 17

Fav/Unfav
-             Now     4/7     2/24    1/7     12/2    10/8
B. Sandoval 44%/20% 34%/12% 33%/ 7% 36%/ 5% 39%/ 6% 38%/ 7%
R. Reid 29 /37 21 /33 22 /36 25 /35 23 /28 21 /29
J. Gibbons 27 /47 15 /54 17 /51 18 /53 19 /50 15 /54

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)
-             Now     5/11
B. Sandoval 49%/15% 43%/13%
J. Gibbons 33 /38 33 /41
M. Montandon 17 / 8 19 / 5

New Mexico
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/3; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/4). Tested: LG Diane Denish (D) and Doña Ana Co. DA Susana Martinez (R).

General Election Matchup
-            Now 5/25 3/24
S. Martinez 44% 42% 32%
D. Denish 42 43 51
Other 4 3 7
Undec 10 12 10

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/25    3/24
S. Martinez 55%/34% 57%/29% 30%/29%
D. Denish 51 /41 53 /41 55 /43

Pennsylvania
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/2; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/5). Tested: AG Tom Corbett (R) and Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato (D).

General Election Matchup
-           Now 5/19 4/15 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett 49% 49% 45% 46% 52% 44%
D. Onorato 33 36 36 29 26 28
Other 5 4 8 7 5 7
Undec 13 10 11 17 17 21

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     5/19    4/15    3/16    2/10    12/10
T. Corbett 59%/25% 57%/26% 56%/29% 59%/33% 67%/15% 59%/18%
D. Onorato 45 /35 46 /32 41 /32 36 /36 34 /35 30 /32

South Carolina
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 6/5-6; surveyed 998 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1% (release, 6/6). Tested: Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-03), LG André Bauer (R), state Rep. Nikki Haley (R) and AG Henry McMaster (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-            All Men Wom 5/23
N. Haley 43% 47% 39% 39%
G. Barrett 23 22 24 16
H. McMaster 16 16 15 18
A. Bauer 12 11 13 13
Undec 7 5 9 14

Primary Runoff Election Matchups
-            All Men Wom
N. Haley 51% 56% 46%
G. Barrett 35 31 39
Undec 14 12 15

-            All Men Wom
N. Haley 62% 66% 58%
A. Bauer 26 24 29
Undec 12 10 13

-            All Men Wom
N. Haley 54% 58% 49%
H. McMaster 35 34 35
Undec 12 8 15

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Men     Wom     5/23
N. Haley 58%/23% 63%/20% 53%/26% 47%/13%
H. McMaster 45 /28 48 /28 42 /28 43 /22
G. Barrett 44 /19 41 /25 48 /13 28 /18
A. Bauer 29 /52 25 /55 33 /49 26 /49

Friday, June 4, 2010

Governor 2010

California
A Field Poll; conducted 5/27-6/2; surveyed 511 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 6/4). Tested: Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman.

Primary Election Matchup
-           All Men Wom 3/15 1/17
M. Whitman 51% 51% 50% 63% 45%
S. Poizner 25 27 24 14 17
Other/undec 24 22 26 23 38

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/15    1/17    10/5
M. Whitman 62%/24% 56%/16% 34%/ 8% 29%/10%
S. Poizner 40 /39 20 /34 18 /19 24 /16

Which Candidate Has The Better Chance Of Defeating Brown In The General Election?
M. Whitman  61%
S. Poizner 21
Undec 18

A Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research (R) poll; conducted 5/30-6/1; surveyed 750 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 6/3). Tested: Poizner and Whitman. (Note: Each candidate is ID by his/her ballot designation: Poizner is "Businessman" and Whitman is "Businesswoman".)

Primary Election Matchup
-           All Men Wom 4/13
M. Whitman 54% 54% 55% 47%
S. Poizner 24 23 23 19
Other 4 4 3 n/a
Undec 16 17 17 31

Connecticut
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/1; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/3). Tested: '06 SEN nominee/businessman Ned Lamont (D), '06 candidate/Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy (D), LG Michael Fedele (R) and ex-U.S. Amb. to Ireland Tom Foley (R).

General Election Matchups
-          Now 5/4 4/1 2/1               Now 5/4 4/1 2/1
N. Lamont 43% 48% 41% 41% T. Foley 38% 35% 44% 37%
M. Fedele 34 28 38 33 N. Lamont 36 42 37 40
Other 4 9 9 8 Other 9 11 7 9
Undec 19 15 12 18 Undec 17 13 13 14

-          Now 5/4 4/1 2/1               Now 5/4 4/1 2/1
D. Malloy 42% 44% 40% 36% D. Malloy 44% 38% 35% 37%
M. Fedele 28 27 37 35 T. Foley 35 35 44 36
Other 4 10 7 9 Other 5 11 8 10
Undec 25 20 16 21 Undec 17 16 14 18

Fav/Unfav
-          Now     5/4     4/1     2/1
D. Malloy 52%/27% 46%/24% 47%/29% 43%/29%
N. Lamont 45 /34 53 /31 43 /40 43 /35
T. Foley 40 /25 42 /24 45 /25 42 /22
M. Fedele 36 /26 38 /22 38 /26 39 /22

Iowa
A KCCI-TV poll; conducted 5/31-6/2 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/3). Tested: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-                 All Men Wom
T. Branstad 44% 46% 42%
B. Vander Plaats 29 32 26
R. Roberts 12 11 13
Undec 15 11 19

General Election Matchups
-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 5/5 2/17
T. Branstad 51% 15% 87% 56% 56% 46% 48% 54%
C. Culver 42 81 6 34 37 47 41 38
Undec 7 4 7 10 7 7 11 8

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 5/5 2/17
C. Culver 45% 83% 6% 41% 41% 49% 46% 48%
R. Roberts 35 6 70 34 40 30 36 26
Undec 20 11 24 25 19 21 18 26

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 5/5 2/17
C. Culver 43% 80% 6% 39% 39% 47% 44% 41%
B. Vander Plaats 42 10 83 39 48 36 40 38
Undec 15 10 11 22 13 17 16 21

Fav/Unfav
-                 Now     5/5     2/17
T. Branstad 54%/36% 57%/33% 61%/24%
C. Culver 44 /47 46 /45 44 /43
B. Vander Plaats 41 /40 39 /38 36 /34
R. Roberts 28 /37 27 /35 13 /16

Nevada
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/31-6/2 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Subsample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/3). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 43%D, 40%R, 17%I. Tested: Gov. Jim Gibbons (R), ex-North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon (R), ex-U.S. District Judge/ex-NV AG/ex-NV Gaming Commis. chair Brian Sandoval (R) and Clark Co. Commis. Rory Reid (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom
B. Sandoval 48% 44% 52%
J. Gibbons 27 33 21
M. Montandon 6 7 5
Other 2 3 1
Undec 17 13 21

General Election Matchups
-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
R. Reid 52% 85% 15% 55% 47% 57% 45% 83% 79%
J. Gibbons 31 4 62 27 38 24 37 2 7
Other 8 2 13 11 19 6 10 0 1
Undec 9 9 10 7 5 13 8 15 13

-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
R. Reid 43% 78% 6% 40% 38% 48% 36% 80% 72%
M. Montandon 40 9 75 38 44 36 48 3 11
Other 7 3 8 13 7 7 8 0 1
Undec 10 10 11 9 11 9 8 17 16

-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
B. Sandoval 51% 21% 84% 51% 56% 46% 59% 5% 26%
R. Reid 41 74 5 38 37 45 34 81 64
Other 5 3 6 9 5 5 6 0 0
Undec 3 2 5 2 2 4 1 14 10

Fav/Unfav
-             All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/28    9/2
B. Sandoval 47%/32% 24%/53% 74%/11% 43%/28% n/a n/a
R. Reid 42 /39 68 /16 14 /62 39 /46 n/a n/a
M. Montandon 32 /30 9 /52 59 / 8 29 /26 n/a n/a
J. Gibbons 19 /62 5 /88 37 /33 12 /64 21%/59% 17%/61%

Senate 2010

California
A Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research (R) poll; conducted 5/30-6/1; surveyed 750 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 6/3). 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 4/13
C. Fiorina 40% 39% 43% 17%
T. Campbell 25 27 20 31
C. DeVore 13 16 10 15
Other 1 2 -- 1
Undec 20 15 25 35

Iowa
A KCCI-TV poll; conducted 5/31-6/2 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversample of 400 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/3). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 33%D, 29%R, 38%I. Tested: '82 GOV nominee/ex-U.S. Atty Roxanne Conlin (D), atty/ex-state Sen. Tom Fiegen (D) and ex-state Rep. Bob Krause (D).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            All Men Wom
R. Conlin 48% 45% 51%
B. Krause 13 14 12
T. Fiegen 12 10 14
Undec 27 31 23

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 5/5 2/17
C. Grassley 50% 12% 87% 55% 58% 42% 49% 56%
R. Conlin 42 79 6 37 35 49 40 35
Undec 8 9 7 8 7 9 11 9

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Grassley 56% 18% 88% 65% 62% 50%
T. Fiegen 33 62 5 29 27 39
Undec 11 20 7 6 11 11

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Grassley 55% 17% 88% 63% 60% 50%
B. Krause 35 67 5 30 29 41
Undec 10 16 7 7 11 9

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/5     2/17
C. Grassley 56%/39% 58%/37% 59%/35%
R. Conlin 48 /36 45 /35 41 /36
B. Krause 32 /29 n/a n/a
T. Fiegen 28 /27 n/a n/a

A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25-27; surveyed 1,277 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.7% (release, 6/4). Party ID breakdown: 38%R, 37%D, 26%I. Tested: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), Conlin, Fiegen and Krause.

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Grassley 57% 25% 88% 57% 57% 56%
R. Conlin 31 61 5 27 33 30
Undec 12 13 8 17 10 14

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Grassley 56% 23% 88% 55% 57% 54%
T. Fiegen 28 56 4 23 31 25
Undec 17 22 8 22 12 21

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Grassley 56% 23% 90% 54% 59% 54%
B. Krause 26 54 2 22 29 24
Undec 17 23 7 23 12 22

Grassley As Sen.
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Approve 46% 27% 68% 42% 46% 46%
Disapprove 37 56 17 38 40 34

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
R. Conlin 19%/29% 38%/15% 3%/43% 14%/27% 21%/34% 17%/23%
B. Krause 6 /14 10 /17 2 /11 6 /13 7 /18 5 / 9
T. Fiegen 5 /13 10 /15 2 /13 2 /13 6 /18 4 /10

Missouri
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/2; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/3). Tested: Rep. Roy Blunt (R-07) and Sec/State Robin Carnahan (D).

General Election Matchup
-            Now 5/3 4/6 3/9 2/10 1/19 12/17 9/21
R. Blunt 45% 50% 48% 47% 49% 49% 44% 46%
R. Carnahan 44 42 42 41 42 43 46 46
Other 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 2
Undec 6 4 7 8 6 5 6 5

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/3     4/6     3/9     2/10    1/19
R. Blunt 54%/38% 56%/36% 49%/43% 56%/37% 54%/40% 56%/34%
R. Carnahan 52 /40 48 /47 47 /46 47 /48 49 /45 49 /46

Nevada
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/31-6/2 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Subsample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/3). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 43%D, 40%R, 17%I. Tested: Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid (D), '06 NV-02 candidate/ex-Assemb. Sharron Angle (R), ex-NV GOP Chair Sue Lowden (R), '04 state Senate nominee/'06 Sec/State nominee/businessman/ex-UNLV basketball player Danny Tarkanian (R) and Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian.

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom 4/28
S. Angle 34% 36% 32% 13%
S. Lowden 25 26 24 38
D. Tarkanian 24 22 26 28
Other 5 6 4 12
Undec 12 10 14 9

General Election Matchups
-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His 4/28
H. Reid 43% 79% 7% 35% 37% 49% 36% 80% 68% 41%
S. Angle 37 6 72 35 44 30 44 3 11 44
S. Ashjian 2 0 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 5
Other 3 3 2 6 3 3 4 0 0 2
None 6 6 5 7 6 6 7 0 0 2
Undec 7 5 7 12 6 8 5 17 20 6

-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His 4/28
H. Reid 42% 78% 6% 35% 36% 48% 35% 80% 67% 41%
S. Lowden 38 5 75 36 45 31 45 3 14 45
S. Ashjian 2 0 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 4
Other 3 3 2 6 3 3 4 0 0 2
None 7 7 6 8 7 7 8 0 0 2
Undec 8 7 7 12 7 9 6 17 19 6

-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His 4/28
H. Reid 43% 79% 7% 35% 37% 49% 36% 80% 68% 41%
D. Tarkanian 39 7 75 37 46 32 46 3 12 43
S. Ashjian 2 0 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 6
Other 3 3 2 6 3 3 4 0 0 2
None 6 6 5 7 6 6 4 0 0 2
Undec 7 5 7 12 6 8 5 17 20 6

Fav/Unfav
-             All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/28    1/20
D. Tarkanian 40%/38% 19%/59% 65%/16% 36%/35% 44%/33% 48%/31%
S. Lowden 39 /40 12 /64 69 /15 36 /37 42 /34 45 /26
S. Angle 38 /41 16 /68 63 /13 36 /38 41 /29 n/a
H. Reid 40 /52 68 /27 12 /76 34 /59 37 /53 34 /55
S. Ashjian 8 /30 4 /41 12 /17 8 /33 7 /27 n/a

Pennsylvania
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/2; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/4). Tested: Rep. Joe Sestak (D-07) and ex-Rep./ex-Club for Growth Pres. Pat Toomey (R).

General Election Matchup
-           Now 5/19 5/6 4/12 3/15 2/8 1/18 12/8 10/13 8/11
P. Toomey 45% 42% 42% 47% 42% 43% 43% 44% 37% 43%
J. Sestak 38 46 40 36 37 35 35 38 38 35
Other 5 3 10 5 7 7 6 6 6 5
Undec 12 9 9 12 15 15 16 13 19 18

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     5/19    5/6     4/12    3/15    2/8
P. Toomey 55%/30% 56%/25% 51%/36% 54%/29% 53%/33% 57%/28%
J. Sestak 49 /40 52 /33 50 /37 38 /39 40 /38 33 /42

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Governor 2010

Iowa
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25-27; surveyed 1,277 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.7% (release, 6/3). Party ID breakdown: 38%R, 37%D, 26%I. Tested: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

General Election Matchups
-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Branstad 52% 20% 85% 49% 53% 51%
C. Culver 37 71 7 33 39 36
Undec 11 9 8 19 9 13

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
R. Roberts 40% 10% 72% 35% 43% 36%
C. Culver 38 74 7 32 40 37
Undec 22 15 21 33 17 27

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Vander Plaats 43% 10% 77% 42% 46% 41%
C. Culver 38 75 5 33 40 35
Undec 19 15 19 25 15 23

Culver As Gov.
-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Approve 28% 56% 4% 22% 30% 27%
Disapprove 56 26 84 59 56 56

Fav/Unfav
-                 All     Dem     GOP     Ind
T. Branstad 42%/37% 23%/57% 62%/17% 39%/37%
B. Vander Plaats 28 /30 13 /43 45 /18 22 /28
R. Roberts 15 /19 11 /28 21 /14 14 /15

Maine
A ME Center for Public Opinion (R) poll; conducted 5/22-6/2 for '06 candidate/state Sen. Peter Mills (R); surveyed 915 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 6/3). Tested: Mills, atty/Sen. Collins ex-CoS/mgr. Steve Abbott (R), ex-Husson Univ. pres./CEO Bill Beardsley (R), businessman Matt Jacobson (R), Waterville Mayor Paul LePage (R), businessman/ex-Boston Red Sox vice chair Les Otten (R) and businessman Bruce Poliquin (R).

Primary Election Matchup
P. Mills      22%
L. Otten 17
S. Abbott 14
P. LePage 11
B. Beardsley 6
B. Poliquin 5
M. Jacobson 1
Undec 24

Michigan
An EPIC-MRA poll; conducted 5/22-26 for the Detroit Free Press/WXYZ-TV/WOOD-TV/WILX-TV/WJRT-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, 6/2). 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)
A. Dillon    29%
V. Bernero 23
Undec 48

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

General Election Matchups
M. Bouchard  48%
V. Bernero 32
Undec 20

M. Bouchard  49%
A. Dillon 33
Undec 18

-            Now 3/31
M. Cox 46% 44%
V. Bernero 36 30
Undec 18 26

-            Now 3/31 2/25 1/26
M. Cox 46% 43% 43% 47%
A. Dillon 37 34 36 30
Undec 17 23 21 23

-            Now 3/31
P. Hoekstra 47% 42%
V. Bernero 34 29
Undec 19 29

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

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

-            Now 3/31
R. Snyder 50% 42%
A. Dillon 31 30
Undec 19 28

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

Nevada
A Suffolk Univ. poll; conducted 6/1-2; surveyed 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/3). Tested: Gov. Jim Gibbons (R), Tony Atwood (R), '02/'06 candidate/'98 LG candidate/ret. postal worker Stan Lusak (R), ex-North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon (R) and ex-U.S. Dist. Judge/ex-AG/ex-Gaming Commis. chair Brian Sandoval (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-             All Men Wom
B. Sandoval 47% 48% 45%
J. Gibbons 25 29 20
M. Montandon 10 7 13
S. Lusak 1 1 2
T. Atwood 1 1 0
Undec 16 13 19

Fav/Unfav
-             All     Men     Wom
B. Sandoval 58%/22% 59%/21% 57%/22%
J. Gibbons 37 /50 40 /48 33 /53
M. Montandon 25 /15 26 /17 23 /14
S. Lusak 3 /13 3 /11 2 /14
T. Atwood 5 /12 5 /11 4 /12

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Governor 2010

Alabama
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/28). Tested: Rep. Artur Davis (D-07), Ag. Commis. Ron Sparks (D), state Rep. Robert Bentley (R), AL Commun. College Chancellor/ex-state Sen. Bradley Byrne (R), '02 candidate/businessman Tim James (R) and '06 candidate/ex-AL Chief Justice Roy Moore (R).

General Election Matchups
R. Bentley  46%               R. Bentley  44%
A. Davis 33 R. Sparks 31
Other 12 Other 13
Undec 9 Undec 9

-           Now 3/29                      Now 3/29
B. Byrne 47% 50% B. Byrne 45% 43%
A. Davis 33 33 R. Sparks 32 33
Other 12 9 Other 13 11
Undec 8 9 Undec 10 13

-           Now 3/29                      Now 3/29
T. James 45% 49% T. James 42% 38%
A. Davis 39 35 R. Sparks 37 34
Other 8 10 Other 13 13
Undec 8 7 Undec 9 14

-           Now 3/29                      Now 3/29
R. Moore 43% 40% R. Sparks 40% 40%
A. Davis 40 44 R. Moore 38 35
Other 11 11 Other 15 15
Undec 6 6 Undec 7 10

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/29
A. Davis 48%/36% 47%/39%
R. Bentley 45 /27 n/a
B. Byrne 45 /33 48 /21
R. Moore 43 /46 49 /39
T. James 41 /42 43 /29
R. Sparks 40 /38 39 /35

California
A Los Angeles Times/USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll; conducted 5/19-26 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D)/American Viewpoint (R); surveyed 1,506 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5%. Subsample of 521 GOPers and unaffiliated voters who say they might vote in the GOP primary; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 5/30). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 41%D, 28%R, 27%I. Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-           All Men Wom 3/30
M. Whitman 53% 57% 49% 60%
S. Poizner 29 28 30 20
Other 5 4 7 3
Undec 12 10 14 16

General Election Matchups (Split Samples)
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/30
J. Brown 44% 65% 20% 39% 43% 46% 41%
M. Whitman 38 18 68 39 42 34 44
Other 5 3 3 8 5 4 2
Undec 12 11 7 13 9 14 13

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/30
J. Brown 45% 68% 20% 41% 45% 46% 53%
S. Poizner 31 11 61 31 32 31 22
Other 8 5 7 12 9 7 5
Undec 14 15 10 15 12 16 19

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/30    11/2
J. Brown 38%/33% 53%/12% 18%/61% 37%/36% 41%/28% 44%/27%
M. Whitman 32 /37 17 /47 54 /24 32 /37 30 /23 17 /14
S. Poizner 20 /40 14 /41 32 /36 19 /42 15 /23 11 / 7

Does ___ Better Describe Whitman/Poizner? (GOPers)
-                         Whitman Poizner Both Neither Undec
Will create jobs/get our
economy going 55% 16% 6% 6% 16%
Will rein in gov't
spending and reduce
the CA debt 53 16 5 7 19
Will fight tax increases 48 20 6 7 19
Understands the problems
and concerns of people
like me 43 22 3 11 21
Will help fix our
immigration system 40 27 6 7 20
Has strong conservative
values 40 28 4 6 23

Have You Seen Or Heard Any Radio Or TV Ads For Any SEN Or GOV Candidates?
-       All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Yes 77% 73% 84% 77% 79% 75%
No 21 25 14 21 20 23

Iowa
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25-27; surveyed 474 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.5% (release, 6/1). Tested: Ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-                 All Men Wom
T. Branstad 46% 49% 42%
B. Vander Plaats 31 34 27
R. Roberts 13 9 16
Undec 11 8 15

Fav/Unfav
-                 All     Men     Wom
T. Branstad 59%/20% 61%/22% 56%/17%
B. Vander Plaats 47 /19 51 /20 42 /18
R. Roberts 24 /15 24 /17 24 /13

Michigan
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25-27; surveyed 314 Dem primary LVs and 377 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 5.5% and 5.1%, respectively (release, 6/1). 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)
-            All Men Wom Wht Blk Oth
V. Bernero 26% 31% 23% 27% 20% 56%
A. Dillon 23 24 22 21 30 11
Undec 51 45 55 52 50 33

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom
R. Snyder 20% 25% 15%
P. Hoekstra 19 22 16
M. Cox 17 21 12
M. Bouchard 15 11 20
T. George 9 7 11
Undec 20 14 27

Fav/Unfav (Dems)
-            All     Men     Wom     Wht     Blk     Oth
A. Dillon 14%/19% 17%/12% 11%/25% 15%/22% 10%/10% -- /28%
V. Bernero 13 /14 19 / 7 9/ 20 14 /15 10 /10 17 /11

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)
-            All     Men     Wom
P. Hoekstra 43%/17% 47%/19% 37%/15%
M. Cox 41 /24 53 /25 27 /23
R. Snyder 34 /10 38 /15 31 / 4
M. Bouchard 31 /15 29 /22 32 / 7
T. George 7 /10 8 /13 5 / 7

New Hampshire
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/26; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/28). Tested: Gov. John Lynch (D), activist/businessman Jack Kimball (R), '02/'08 NH-01 candidate/ex-HHS Commis. John Stephen (R) and conservative think-tank founder Karen Testerman (R).

General Election Matchups
-             Now 4/7 3/8 1/12 9/14
J. Lynch 50% 50% 51% 52% 52%
J. Kimball 31 34 32 31 31
Other 6 4 3 4 6
Undec 13 12 13 12 10

-             Now 4/7 3/8
J. Lynch 47% 47% 50%
J. Stephen 35 37 35
Other 4 5 2
Undec 14 11 14

-             Now 4/7 3/8 1/12
J. Lynch 51% 50% 54% 53%
K. Testerman 32 33 28 30
Other 6 6 5 5
Undec 11 11 14 12

Lynch As Gov.
-             Now 5/11 4/7 3/8 2/10 1/12 9/14
Approve 51% 56% 59% 63% 60% 58% 64%
Disapprove 47 43 39 36 39 38 34

Fav/Unfav
-             Now     4/7     3/8     1/12    9/12
J. Lynch 53%/43% 60%/35% 59%/37% 59%/38% 63%/33%
J. Stephen 36 /25 36 /27 32 /30 n/a n/a
J. Kimball 31 /21 36 /26 27 /25 31 /28 28 /27
K. Testerman 31 /22 31 /27 22 /30 33 /30 n/a

Rhode Island
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/27; surveyed 500 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/1). Tested: Treas. Frank Caprio (D), ex-GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I), AG Patrick Lynch (D), accountant/ex-state Rep. Victor Moffitt (R) and ex-Gov. Carcieri comm. dir. John Robitaille (R).

General Election Matchups
-              Now 4/21 3/25 2/25
L. Chafee 35% 33% 39% 37%
F. Caprio 32 33 28 27
J. Robitaille 25 21 22 19
Undec 9 13 11 17

-              Now 4/21 3/25 2/25
L. Chafee 37% 35% 37% 38%
J. Robitaille 29 26 26 22
P. Lynch 19 24 22 24
Undec 15 15 15 16

F. Caprio      35%            L. Chafee      35%
L. Chafee 33 V. Moffitt 28
V. Moffitt 22 P. Lynch 24
Undec 10 Undec 13

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     4/21    3/25    2/25
F. Caprio 61%/25% 56%/29% 53%/29% 52%/28%
L. Chafee 53 /39 53 /38 57 /37 55 /37
P. Lynch 36 /53 44 /45 45 /41 37 /48
J. Robitaille 36 /28 39 /27 35 /29 31 /31
V. Moffitt 31 /32 n/a n/a n/a

South Carolina
A Statehouse Report poll; conducted 5/25 by InsiderAdvantage (IVR); surveyed 402 Dem primary LVs and 591 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 4.9% and 4.0%, respectively (release, 5/28). Tested: State Sen. Robert Ford (D), Educ. Supt. Jim Rex (D), state Sen. Vincent Sheheen (D), Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-03), LG André Bauer (R), state Rep. Nikki Haley (R) and AG Henry McMaster (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            All Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
V. Sheheen 26% 35% 19% 25% 27% 31% 16%
J. Rex 17 19 16 18 17 0 4
R. Ford 12 7 17 6 18 49 6
Undec 44 39 49 52 37 20 74

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom
N. Haley 31% 33% 30%
A. Bauer 21 19 22
G. Barrett 14 15 13
H. McMaster 14 15 13
Undec 20 18 22

South Dakota
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/26; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/28). Tested: LG Dennis Daugaard (R), state Sen. Gordon Howie (R), state Sen. Dave Knudson (R), Buffalo Gap rancher Ken Knuppe (R), ex-Brookings Mayor Scott Munsterman (R) and state Sen. Scott Heidepriem (D).

General Election Matchups
-              Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
D. Daugaard 51% 53% 49% 41%
S. Heidepriem 36 33 32 32
Other 7 5 6 7
Undec 6 9 13 19

-              Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Heidepriem 49% 46% 39% 37%
G. Howie 36 31 34 29
Other 9 8 9 12
Undec 6 14 17 22

-              Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
D. Knudson 49% 41% 32% 31%
S. Heidepriem 34 41 37 34
Other 10 9 13 13
Undec 6 10 19 22

S. Heidepriem  47%
K. Knuppe 34
Other 12
Undec 8

S. Heidepriem  46%
S. Munsterman 38
Other 9
Undec 7

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     4/21    3/25    2/23
D. Daugaard 66%/23% 61%/23% 60%/14% 45%/22%
D. Knudson 59 /24 54 /21 35 /17 32 /21
S. Heidepriem 50 /38 48 /36 42 /33 42 /33
S. Munsterman 38 /37 n/a n/a n/a
G. Howie 36 /48 33 /36 38 /25 29 /29
K. Knuppe 29 /41 n/a n/a n/a

Senate 2010

California
A Los Angeles Times/USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll; conducted 5/19-26 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D)/American Viewpoint (R); surveyed 1,506 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5%. Subsample of 521 GOPers and unaffiliated voters who say they might vote in the GOP primary; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 5/30). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 41%D, 28%R, 27%I. Tested: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), '00 nominee/ex-Rep. Tom Campbell (R), Asseb. Chuck DeVore (R) and ex-Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom 3/30
C. Fiorina 38% 36% 40% 25%
T. Campbell 23 25 20 29
C. DeVore 16 17 14 9
Other 2 3 1 4
Undec 20 18 23 33

General Election Matchups (Split Samples)
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Campbell 45% 18% 79% 52% 52% 40%
B. Boxer 38 64 7 31 33 41
Other 3 2 3 3 4 2
Undec 13 15 10 14 10 16

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Boxer 46% 76% 12% 37% 45% 46%
C. DeVore 36 10 73 40 40 34
Other 6 5 5 10 5 8
Undec 10 8 10 13 8 13

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Boxer 44% 72% 11% 38% 46% 41%
C. Fiorina 38 12 76 39 39 38
Other 4 2 3 8 3 5
Undec 13 12 9 14 11 14

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/30    11/2
B. Boxer 40%/44% 64%/17% 11%/78% 34%/51% 46%/37% 49%/36%
C. Fiorina 22 /20 11 /29 39 /10 24 /18 11 /16 9 /12
T. Campbell 19 /14 12 /15 30 /12 21 /14 18 /12 17 / 8
C. DeVore 10 / 9 4 / 9 17 / 9 11 / 7 8 / 6 6 / 4

Re-Elect Boxer?
-                        All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Definitely re-elect her 18% 33% 3% 13% 18% 19%
Probably re-elect her 16 27 5 13 15 17
Probably someone else 13 11 17 13 13 11
Definitely someone else 36 10 67 41 47 38
Depends 4 4 2 5 3 3
Undec 12 14 6 14 7 10

Do You Want A Sen. Who Will Mostly Support/Oppose Obama's Policies?
-        All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Support 54% 86% 17% 46% 50% 58%
Oppose 35 5 75 39 41 29

Have You Seen Or Heard Any Radio Or TV Ads For Any SEN Or GOV Candidates?
-    All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Yes 77% 73% 84% 77% 79% 75%
No 21 25 14 21 20 23

Connecticut
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/24-26 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversample of 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/28). Tested: AG Richard Blumenthal (D), ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R) and ex-Rep. Rob Simmons (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-              All Men Wom
L. McMahon 48% 54% 42%
R. Simmons 44 39 49
Undec 8 7 9

General Election Matchups
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 1/13
R. Blumenthal 52% 80% 9% 51% 49% 55% 56%
L. McMahon 33 7 77 32 37 29 34
Undec 15 13 14 17 14 16 10

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 1/13
R. Blumenthal 52% 79% 7% 48% 47% 53% 54%
R. Simmons 37 9 81 38 41 33 35
Undec 13 12 12 14 12 14 11

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind     9/10
R. Blumenthal 53%/35% 77%/12% 16%/71% 52%/36% n/a
R. Simmons 42 /35 20 /55 76 /10 43 /31 43%/17%
L. McMahon 31 /37 9 /53 69 /12 30 /36 n/a

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)
-              All     Men     Wom
L. McMahon 64%/12% 69%/10% 59%/14%
R. Simmons 62 /22 59 /26 65 /18

Iowa
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25-27; surveyed 406 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/1). Tested: '82 GOV nominee/ex-U.S. Atty Roxanne Conlin (D), atty/ex-state Sen. Tom Fiegen (D) and ex-state Rep. Bob Krause (D).

Primary Election Matchup
-          All Men Wom
R. Conlin 48% 46% 49%
B. Krause 13 13 13
T. Fiegen 8 11 5
Undec 31 29 32

Fav/Unfav
-          All     Men     Wom
R. Conlin 38%/15% 44%/17% 34%/14%
T. Fiegen 12 /16 14 /21 10 /12
B. Krause 11 /18 14 /26 9 /13

Kentucky
A Louisville Courier-Journal/WHAS-TV poll; conducted 5/25-27 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 569 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 5/28). Party ID breakdown: 54%D, 40%R, 5%I. Tested: AG Jack Conway (D) and ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R).

General Election Matchup
-          All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/2 8/17
R. Paul 51% 29% 82% 47% 54% 48% 39% 38%
J. Conway 45 68 16 34 44 46 44 43
Undec 4 3 3 19 2 6 17 19

New Hampshire
A Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies (R) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/25; surveyed 505 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/28). Tested: AG Kelly Ayotte (R), businessman Jim Bender (R), businessman Bill Binnie (R) and '96 GOV nominee/atty/ex-NH Bd. of Ed. chair Ovide Lamontagne (R).

Primary Election Matchup
-              All Men Wom 2/4
K. Ayotte 38% 36% 39% 37%
B. Binnie 29 31 28 23
O. Lamontagne 9 11 8 12
J. Bender 4 5 4 n/a
Undec 16 13 17 28

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     2/4
K. Ayotte 57%/16% 49%/11%
B. Binnie 52 /14 38 / 9
J. Bender 20 /15 n/a
O. Lamontagne 20 /17 26 /10

Friday, May 7, 2010

Governor 2010

Alabama
An Ayers, McHenry & Assoc. (R) poll; conducted 5/3-4 for '02 candidate/businessman Tim James (R); surveyed 600 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/7). Tested: James, state Rep. Robert Bentley (R), AL Commun. College Chancellor/ex-state Sen. Bradley Byrne (R) and '06 candidate/ex-AL Chief Justice Roy Moore (R).

Primary Election Matchup
T. James    26%
R. Moore 21
B. Byrne 20
R. Bentley 7

Fav/Unfav
T. James    50%/12%
R. Moore 49 /23
B. Byrne 35 /13

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 of main sample: 42%R, 32%D, 26%I. Tested: Gov. Jan Brewer (R), Treas. Dean Martin (R), NRA board member/firearms training center owner Owen "Buz" Mills (R), ex-state GOP Chair John Munger (R) and '90 nominee/AG Terry Goddard (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-           All Men Wom
J. Brewer 32% 29% 35%
B. Mills 14 16 12
D. Martin 13 16 10
J. Munger 5 6 4
Undec 36 33 39

General Election Matchups
-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
T. Goddard 48% 86% 15% 55% 44% 52% 41% 80% 74%
J. Brewer 42 6 73 36 47 37 51 3 9
Undec 10 9 12 9 9 11 8 17 17

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
T. Goddard 47% 84% 14% 54% 43% 51% 40% 80% 74%
D. Martin 35 6 61 30 39 31 43 2 6
Undec 18 10 25 16 18 18 17 18 20

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
T. Goddard 48% 85% 14% 56% 44% 52% 41% 82% 75%
B. Mills 34 6 60 27 38 30 42 2 6
Undec 18 9 26 17 18 18 17 17 19

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His
T. Goddard 47% 84% 13% 55% 44% 50% 40% 80% 75%
J. Munger 30 5 55 22 34 26 36 2 6
Undec 23 11 32 23 22 24 24 18 19

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/31
T. Goddard 46%/25% 75%/ 8% 22%/40% 49%/22% n/a
J. Brewer 36 /51 9 /79 64 /25 25 /59 39%/54%
D. Martin 28 /17 13 /28 48 /10 17 /14 n/a
B. Mills 17 /20 9 /34 48 /11 16 /17 n/a
J. Munger 9 /15 4 /22 14 /10 7 /14 n/a

Connecticut
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/4; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/6). Tested: '06 SEN nominee/businessman Ned Lamont (D), '06 candidate/Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy (D), LG Michael Fedele (R) and ex-U.S. Amb. to Ireland Tom Foley (R).

General Election Matchups
-          Now 4/1 2/1                   Now 4/1 2/1
N. Lamont 48% 41% 41% N. Lamont 42% 37% 40%
M. Fedele 28 38 33 N. Lamont 35 44 37
Other 9 9 8 Other 11 7 9
Undec 15 12 18 Undec 13 13 14

-          Now 4/1 2/1                   Now 4/1 2/1
D. Malloy 44% 40% 36% D. Malloy 38% 35% 37%
M. Fedele 27 37 35 T. Foley 35 44 36
Other 10 7 9 Other 11 8 10
Undec 20 16 21 Undec 16 14 18

Fav/Unfav
-          Now     4/1     2/1
N. Lamont 53%/31% 43%/40% 43%/35%
D. Malloy 46 /24 47 /29 43 /29
T. Foley 42 /24 45 /25 42 /22
M. Fedele 38 /22 38 /26 39 /22

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: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

General Election Matchups
-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 2/17
T. Branstad 48% 12% 85% 51% 53% 43% 54%
C. Culver 41 80 6 34 37 45 38
Undec 11 8 9 15 10 12 8

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 2/17
C. Culver 46% 83% 7% 43% 42% 50% 48%
R. Roberts 36 7 71 35 41 31 26
Undec 18 10 22 22 17 19 26

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 2/17
C. Culver 44% 81% 6% 43% 42% 50% 41%
B. Vander Plaats 40 9 78 38 45 35 38
Undec 16 10 16 21 15 17 21

Fav/Unfav
-                 Now     2/17
T. Branstad 57%/33% 61%/24%
C. Culver 46 /45 44 /43
B. Vander Plaats 39 /38 36 /34
R. Roberts 27 /35 13 /16

Ohio
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/5; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/7). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup
-              Now 3/30 3/4 2/6 1/12 12/7 9/23
J. Kasich 46% 46% 49% 47% 47% 48% 46%
T. Strickland 45 45 38 41 40 39 45
Other 3 2 6 5 4 3 3
Undec 6 7 7 8 8 11 7

Strickland As Gov.
-              Now 3/30 3/4 2/6 1/12 12/7 9/23
Approve 48% 47% 43% 46% 43% 48% 47%
Disapprove 49 52 53 53 54 50 50

Fav/Unfav
-              Now     3/30    3/4     2/6     12/7    9/23
J. Kasich 51%/27% 46%/29% 48%/29% 47%/30% 45%/24% 47%/25%
T. Strickland 47 /48 46 /48 46 /48 44 /51 46 /46 48 /46

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: '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 5/5 5/4 5/3 5/2 5/1
D. Onorato 35% 34% 34% 36% 39% 41%
J. Hoeffel 11 12 11 9 7 6
T. Williams 10 8 9 9 7 8
J. Wagner 8 9 8 8 6 5
Other/undec 36 39 37 38 41 40

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     5/5     5/4     5/3     5/2     5/1
D. Onorato 40%/11% 38%/10% 40%/10% 42%/ 6% 42%/ 6% 45%/ 5%
J. Hoeffel 21 / 8 22 / 8 25 / 7 25 / 8 22 / 8 23 / 7
T. Williams 20 /12 18 /11 19 /12 18 /13 16 /13 18 /14
J. Wagner 19 / 7 19 / 8 19 / 7 22 /10 19 /11 21 /11

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, April 5, 2010

California
A Los Angeles Times/USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll; conducted 3/23-30 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D)/American Viewpoint (R); surveyed 1,515 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5%. Subsample of 511 GOPers and unaffiliated voters who say they might vote in the GOP primary; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 4/3). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 45%D, 31%R, 20% decline-to-state, 4% other. Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-           All Men Wom
M. Whitman 60% 60% 61%
S. Poizner 20 23 17
Other 3 3 3
Undec 16 13 19

General Election Matchups (Split Samples)
-           All Dem GOP DTS Oth Men Wom
M. Whitman 44% 27% 70% 40% 61% 45% 44%
J. Brown 41 58 18 39 37 44 38
Other 2 2 2 1 0 1 3
Undec 13 13 11 20 1 11 15

-           All Dem GOP DTS Oth Men Wom
J. Brown 53% 72% 29% 47% 66% 59% 48%
S. Poizner 22 6 50 17 16 24 21
Other 5 5 5 6 8 5 6
Undec 19 17 17 30 11 13 25

Fav/Unfav
-           All     Men     Wom     11/2
J. Brown 41%/28% 43%/32% 39%/25% 44%/27%
M. Whitman 30 /23 31 /26 30 /21 17 /14
S. Poizner 15 /23 15 /29 15 /19 11 / 7

Is It More Important To You That A GOV Candidate Has A Background Working In Business, Or Is It More Important To You That A GOV Candidate Has A Background In Gov't?
-           All Dem GOP DTS Oth Men Wom 11/2
Business 40% 26% 59% 41% 50% 46% 35% 41%
Gov't 35 48 18 33 27 32 38 41
Both 15 14 17 16 12 14 16 9
Neither 6 5 2 3 4 3 4 6

How Important A Factor Is It That Someone Is A "True Conservative" When Considering Who You Will Support For The GOP Nod For SEN Or GOV? (GOPers)?
-                       All Men Wom
Extremely important 20% 20% 20%
Very important 26 24 28
Somewhat important 31 30 43
Not at all important 20 21 19

When Considering Whom To Support For The GOP Nod For SEN Or GOV, Would You Prefer A Strong Conservative Candidate Who Can Motivate GOPers, Or Do You Prefer A More Centrist Candidate Who Has Greater Appeal To Indies? (GOPers)
-               All Men Wom
Centrist 46% 52% 40%
Conservative 42 38 45
Both 6 5 6

Iowa
A Magellan Data And Mapping Strategies (R) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/30; surveyed 1,353 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.7% (release, 4/1). Party ID breakdown: 39%D, 36%R, 25%I. Tested: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

General Election Matchups
-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Branstad 50% 19% 79% 55% 54% 46%
C. Culver 34 69 7 21 33 36
Other 8 5 9 10 7 9
Undec 8 8 5 13 6 9

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
C. Culver 38% 73% 8% 28% 37% 40%
R. Roberts 32 9 58 29 37 27
Other 12 7 15 17 11 14
Undec 18 11 19 26 15 20

-                 All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Vander Plaats 40% 11% 74% 36% 45% 35%
C. Culver 39 74 8 29 38 39
Other 9 6 9 12 7 10
Undec 13 10 10 23 10 16

Culver As Gov.
-             All Dem GOP Ind
Approve 30% 57% 9% 19%
Disapprove 56 28 81 63

Fav/Unfav
T. Branstad       48%/36%
C. Culver 33 /58
B. Vander Plaats 26 /31
R. Roberts 12 /22

Senate 2010

California
A Los Angeles Times/USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll; conducted 3/23-30 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D)/American Viewpoint (R); surveyed 1,515 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.5%. Subsample of 511 GOPers and unaffiliated voters who say they might vote in the GOP primary; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 4/3). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 45%D, 31%R, 20% decline-to-state, 4% other. Tested: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), '00 nominee/ex-Rep. Tom Campbell (R), Asseb. Chuck DeVore (R) and ex-Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            All Men Wom
T. Campbell 29% 32% 25%
C. Fiorina 25 28 21
C. DeVore 9 9 9
Other 4 2 6
Undec 33 28 39

General Election Matchup
-                All Dem GOP DTS Oth Men Wom
B. Boxer 48% 71% 13% 50% 47% 45% 50%
Generic GOPer 34 12 72 26 32 39 30
Other 6 6 7 5 8 7 6
Undec 12 11 9 18 14 10 13

Boxer As Sen.
-            All Dem GOP DTS Oth Men Wom 11/2
Approve 40% 61% 12% 38% 42% 38% 43% 43%
Disapprove 38 18 71 31 39 43 33 36

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Men     Wom     11/2
B. Boxer 46%/37% 43%/42% 48%/33% 49%/36%
T. Campbell 18 /12 21 /15 15 / 9 17 / 8
C. Fiorina 11 /16 14 /20 9 /13 9 /12
C. DeVore 8 / 6 9 / 7 6 / 5 6 / 4

As You May Know, Obama Recently Signed Into Law Legislation To Reform Health Care. Though The Senate Is Still Debating This Bill And May Make Some Adjustments This Week, If Your Rep. Or Sen. Supported This Bill To Change The Health Care System Would That Make You More/Less Likely To Support Your Rep/ Or Sen. In Nov., Or Would It Not Make Much Difference In Your Vote?
-               All Dem GOP DTS Oth Men Wom
More likely 46% 61% 23% 48% 50% 46% 47%
Less likely 29 15 55 23 22 32 27
No difference 19 18 17 25 19 19 19

How Important A Factor Is It That Someone Is A "True Conservative" When Considering Who You Will Support For The GOP Nod For SEN Or GOV? (GOPers)
-                        All Men Wom
Extremely important 20% 20% 20%
Very important 26 24 28
Somewhat important 31 30 43
Not at all important 20 21 19

When Considering Whom To Support For The GOP Nod For SEN Or GOV, Would You Prefer A Strong Conservative Candidate Who Can Motivate GOPers, Or Do You Prefer A More Centrist Candidate Who Has Greater Appeal To Indies? (GOPers)
-                All Men Wom
Centrist 46% 52% 40%
Conservative 42 38 45
Both 6 5 6

Iowa
A Research 2000 poll; conducted 2/18-20 for the Progressive Change Campaign Cmte (D)/Democracy for America (D)/Credo Action (D); surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/5). Party ID breakdown: 33%D, 29%R, 38%I.

Re-Elect Grassley?
-             All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Re-elect him 42% 12% 81% 39% 48% 36%
Someone new 31 62 8 22 27 35
Undec 27 26 11 39 25 29

Ohio
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/30; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/2). Tested: Sec/State Jennifer Brunner (D), LG Lee Fisher (D) and ex-OMB Dir./ex-Rep. Rob Portman (R).

General Election Matchups
-           Now 3/4 2/6 1/12 12/7 9/23
R. Portman 45% 43% 42% 43% 40% 40%
J. Brunner 38 37 38 40 33 38
Other 4 6 5 5 7 5
Undec 13 15 15 13 20 18

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

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     3/4     2/6     1/12    12/7    9/23
R. Portman 45%/26% 45%/27% 45%/24% 49%/25% 48%/21% 45%/23%
J. Brunner 44 /41 39 /38 43 /32 37 /39 34 /36 37 /36
L. Fisher 39 /38 41 /37 38 /39 41 /39 36 /35 42 /34

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Governor 2010

Iowa
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). Tested: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R), state Rep. Rod Roberts (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

General Election Matchups
-                 Now 2/18 9/22
T. Branstad 52% 53% 54%
C. Culver 36 37 34
Other 6 6 8
Undec 6 4 4

C. Culver         40%
R. Roberts 38
Other 10
Undec 13

-                 Now 2/18 9/22
B. Vander Plaats 42% 46% 43%
C. Culver 40 40 39
Other 8 7 9
Undec 11 7 9

Fav/Unfav
-                 Now     2/18    9/22
T. Branstad 61%/33% 57%/38% 64%/29%
B. Vander Plaats 43 /31 43 /34 45 /30
C. Culver 39 /55 42 /55 43 /50
R. Roberts 30 /28 n/a n/a

Ohio
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/20-21; surveyed 630 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 3/23). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
J. Kasich 42% 10% 73% 47% 47% 37%
T. Strickland 37 70 10 24 36 39
Undec 21 10 17 29 18 24

Strickland As Gov.
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Approve 33% 53% 14% 28% 35% 31%
Disapprove 47 23 69 54 50 44

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind
J. Kasich 25%/24% 14%/30% 37%/17% 28%/25%

Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia Daily News/WGAL-TV/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/WTAE-TV/WPVI-TV/Times-Shamrock Newspapers poll; conducted 3/15-21 by Franklin & Marshall College; surveyed 1,119 adults; margin of error +/- 2.9%. Subsamples of 483 Dem RVs and 353 GOP RVs; margins of error +/- 4.5% and 5.2%, respectively (release, 3/24). Tested: '04 SEN nominee/Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel, Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato (D), Aud. Jack Wagner (D), state Sen. Anthony Williams (D), AG Tom Corbett (R) and state Rep. Sam Rohrer (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            Now 2/21 1/24 10/25
D. Onorato 11% 6% 10% 10%
J. Wagner 7 6 4 9
J. Hoeffel 5 6 4 6
A. Williams 4 1 n/a n/a
Other 2 9 10 9
Undec 71 72 72 66

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            Now 2/21 1/24
T. Corbett 28% 26% 23%
S. Rohrer 4 4 5
Other 2 5 3
Undec 66 65 69

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     2/21
T. Corbett 22%/ 7% 21%/ 6%

Vermont
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/18; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). Tested: State Sen. Susan Bartlett (D), Google community affairs mgr./'06 LG nominee/ex-state Sen. Matt Dunne (D), Sec/State Deb Markowitz (D), '02 nominee/state Sen./ex-LG Doug Racine (D), '02 LG nominee/state Senate Pres. Pro Tem Peter Shumlin (D) and LG Brian Dubie (R).

B. Dubie      52%
S. Bartlett 26
Other 7
Undec 14

B. Dubie      51%
M. Dunne 29
Other 6
Undec 14

B. Dubie      46%
D. Markowitz 39
Other 4
Undec 10

B. Dubie      48%
D. Racine 35
Other 5
Undec 12

B. Dubie      51%
P. Shumlin 33
Other 6
Undec 10

Fav/Unfav
B. Dubie      61%/29%
D. Markowitz 53 /33
D. Racine 45 /33
P. Shumlin 37 /45
S. Bartlett 29 /42
M. Dunne 29 /42

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Governor 2010

Arizona
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/16; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). Tested: Gov. Jan Brewer (R), Treas. Dean Martin (R), NRA board member/firearms training center owner Owen "Buz" Mills (R), ex-state GOP Chair John Munger (R) and '90 nominee/AG Terry Goddard (D).

General Election Matchups
-           Now 1/20 11/18 9/24
T. Goddard 45% 43% 44% 42%
J. Brewer 36 41 35 35
Other 12 7 9 13
Undec 7 9 12 11

-           Now 1/20 11/18
D. Martin 43% 44% 38%
T. Goddard 38 35 40
Other 6 6 11
Undec 13 14 11

B. Mills    43%
T. Goddard 37
Other 7
Undec 13

T. Goddard  42%
J. Munger 36
Other 13
Undec 9

Brewer As Gov.
-           Now 1/20 11/18 9/24 7/21 5/6
Approve 41% 37% 39% 37% 48% 51%
Disapprove 55 60 57 57 48 45

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     1/20    11/18   9/24
T. Goddard 54%/31% 54%/32% 51%/35% 54%/38%
D. Martin 47 /23 43 /28 41 /27 n/a
J. Brewer 38 /57 42 /53 44 /48 42 /54
B. Mills 35 /25 n/a n/a n/a
J. Munger 33 /27 n/a n/a n/a

California
A Field Poll; conducted 3.9-15 for the CA HealthCare Foundation; surveyed 503 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23).

How Important Is ___ In Deciding For Whom You Will Vote For GOV?
-                       MostImportant Important NotImportant
Jobs/economy 69% 28% 3%
State budget deficit 68 28 4
Education 60 35 5
Health care 51 40 9
Taxes 47 41 10
Illegal immigration 37 45 17
Water 36 51 12
Gas prices/energy 29 54 16
Crime/prisons 28 59 13
Enviro protection 26 51 23
Reform CA consitution 25 36 33
Global warming 23 41 35

Iowa
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/22).

Culver As Gov.
-            Now 2/18 9/22
Approve 41% 41% 43%
Disapprove 55 57 53

Senate 2010

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/18; surveyed 494 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist and ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio.

Primary Election Matchup
-           Now 2/18 1/27 12/14 10/20 8/17
M. Rubio 56% 54% 49% 43% 35% 31%
C. Crist 34 36 37 43 49 53
Other 1 4 3 5 4 5
Undec 8 7 11 9 12 11

Crist As Gov.
-           Now 2/18 12/14 10/20
Approve 49% 48% 56% 57%
Disapprove 48 49 43 42

Fav/Unfav
-           Now     2/18    1/27    12/14   10/20   8/17
M. Rubio 65%/19% 67%/15% 67%/14% 64%/15% 55%/22% 53%/19%
C. Crist 59 /40 54 /44 62 /37 61 /38 67 /32 75 /23

Indiana
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/17-18; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/23). 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 2/17
D. Coats 49% 46%
B. Ellsworth 34 32
Other 6 7
Undec 12 15

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

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

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

Iowa
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/22). Tested: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), '82 GOV nominee/ex-U.S. Atty Roxanne Conlin (D), atty/ex-state Sen. Tom Fiegen (D) and ex-state Rep. Bob Krause (D).

General Election Matchups
-            Now 2/18 1/26
C. Grassley 55% 53% 59%
R. Conlin 36 36 31
Other 4 5 4
Undec 5 6 5

-            Now 2/18 1/26
C. Grassley 57% 56% 61%
T. Fiegen 28 28 25
Other 7 6 4
Undec 9 11 10

-            Now 2/18 1/26 9/22
C. Grassley 57% 55% 59% 56%
B. Krause 31 33 26 30
Other 4 5 7 7
Undec 8 8 8 7

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     2/18    1/26    9/22
C. Grassley 66%/31% 68%/29% 67%/30% 68%/30%
R. Conlin 39 /39 35 /45 35 /45 n/a
B. Krause 33 /25 27 /31 27 /35 33 /30
T. Fiegen 23 /31 22 /34 23 /37 n/a

Vermont
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/18; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/22).

General Election Matchup
P. Leahy       58%
Generic GOPer 33
Other 2
Undec 7

Fav/Unfav
P. Leahy       66%/32%

Wisconsin
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/20-21; surveyed 700 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.7% (release, 3/23). Tested: Sen. Russ Feingold (D), ex-Gov/ex-HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson (R), developer Terrence Wall (R) and businessman/Army vet Dave Westlake (R).

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/22
R. Feingold 47% 89% 9% 40% 41% 52% 50%
T. Thompson 44 8 83 45 50 39 41
Undec 9 4 8 14 9 8 10

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/22
R. Feingold 48% 89% 8% 43% 41% 53% 48%
T. Wall 34 5 70 32 43 27 34
Undec 18 7 22 25 16 20 19

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/22
R. Feingold 48% 89% 10% 42% 43% 53% 47%
D. Westlake 31 4 64 28 39 25 32
Undec 21 8 26 29 19 23 21

Feingold As Sen
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/22
Approve 45% 73% 14% 46% 40% 49% 45%
Disapprove 41 13 71 43 51 34 37

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     11/22
T. Thompson 40%/44% 12%/73% 70%/16% 40%/40% 38%/45%
T. Wall 4 /17 2 /22 8 /14 2 /14 2 /13
D. Westlake 2 / 8 3 /10 2 / 9 2 / 6 2 / 9

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Governor 2010

Iowa
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/18; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/22). Tested: Gov. Chet Culver (D), ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R) and '02 candidate/'06 LG nominee Bob Vander Plaats (R).

General Election Matchups
-            Now 9/22                           Now 9/22
T. Branstad 53% 54% B. Vander Plaats 46% 43%
C. Culver 37 34 C. Culver 40 39
Other 6 8 Other 7 9
Undec 4 4 Undec 7 9

Fav/Unfav
-                 Now     9/22
T. Branstad 57%/38% 64%/29%
B. Vander Plaats 43 /34 45 /30
C. Culver 42 /55 43 /50

Culver As Gov.
-            Now 9/22
Approve 41% 43%
Disapprove 57 53

Kansas
A KWCH-TV poll; conducted 2/12-14 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4/0% (release, 2/16).

Brownback As Sen.
-           Now 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/28 8/27 7/19 6/14 5/29
Approve 56% 51% 49% 57% 48% 54% 50% 54% 53%
Disapprove 37 40 40 30 42 36 34 36 37

Nevada
A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll; conducted 2/15-16 for the Retail Assn of NV; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4%. Subsample of 185 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 7.2% (release, 2/22). Party ID breakdown: 42%D, 37%R, 18%I. Tested: Gov. Jim Gibbons (R), ex-North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon (R), ex-U.S. District Judge/ex-NV AG/ex-NV Gaming Commis. chair Brian Sandoval (R) and Clark Co. Commis. Rory Reid (D).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
B. Sandoval   38%
J. Gibbons 32
M. Montandon 9
Undec 19M

General Election Matchups
R. Reid       47%
J. Gibbons 36
Undec 14

M. Montandon  40%
R. Reid 40
Undec 19M

B. Sandoval   50%
R. Reid 34
Undec 15

Fav/Unfav
B. Sandoval   37%/10%
J. Gibbons 29 /58
R. Reid 23 /37
M. Montandon 10 / 5

Ohio
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 2/16-21; surveyed 1,662 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.4% (release, 2/23). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/9 9/13 7/1 5/4 3/15
T. Strickland 44% 82% 11% 38% 38% 48% 40% 46% 43% 51% 51%
J. Kasich 39 9 73 38 45 33 40 36 38 32 31
Other 1 1 -- 1 1 -- 1 2 2 1 1
Not vote 2 -- -- 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Undec 15 8 16 19 13 17 18 15 16 16 15

Strickland As Gov.
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/9 9/13 7/1 5/4 3/15
Approve 48% 73% 28% 44% 45% 50% 45% 48% 46% 57% 56%
Disapprove 40 20 59 43 47 35 43 42 42 29 30

Fav/Unfav
-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind     11/9
T. Strickland 45%/36% 68%/15% 22%/59% 45%/37% 38%/37%
J. Kasich 26 /10 10 /17 42 / 4 29 /10 23 / 7

Strickland Handling Economy
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/9 9/13 7/1 5/4 3/15
Approve 35% 60% 16% 33% 35% 35% 33% 33% 33% 43% 39%
Disapprove 53 32 71 56 55 51 52 54 53 43 45

Strickland Handling OH Budget
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 9/13 7/1 5/4 3/15 2/09
Approve 32% 51% 15% 30% 32% 32% 36% 32% 43% 44% 48%
Disapprove 51 31 68 54 53 49 47 53 40 36 30

Who Would Do A Better Job Rebuilding OH's Economy?
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/9
J. Kasich 41% 15% 67% 44% 48% 35% 41%
T. Strickland 35 64 11 31 33 37 33
No difference 2 2 1 2 2 1 --
Undec 22 19 20 23 17 27 27

Who Would Do A Better Job Handling OH's Budget?
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/9
J. Kasich 42% 18% 70% 43% 50% 35% 42%
T. Strickland 36 66 11 31 36 37 34
No difference 1 1 1 1 1 1 --
Undec 21 15 19 25 14 27 25

Who Do You Trust More To Do In Office What They Say They Will Do During The Campaign?
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
J. Kasich 36% 13% 63% 36% 41% 31%
T. Strickland 35 63 13 31 34 36
No difference 6 5 3 8 8 4
Undec 22 19 21 25 16 28

Who Do You Believe Most Shares Your Values?
-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
T. Strickland 40% 70% 14% 37% 37% 42%
J. Kasich 36 11 66 35 42 31
No difference 3 1 3 5 5 2
Undec 21 17 18 23 16 25

Do You Think Strickland Has Kept His Campaign Promises So Far?
-      All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 11/9 9/13 7/1 5/4 3/15 2/09
Yes 34% 55% 17% 31% 36% 32% 32% 37% 34% 44% 46% 46%
No 45 28 59 48 46 43 43 40 40 32 30 27

Texas
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 2/19-21; surveyed 361 Dem primary LVs and 400 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 5.2% and +/- 4.9%, respectively (release, 2/23). Tested: Gov. Rick Perry (R), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), Wharton Co. GOP chair/ex-nurse Debra Medina (R), physician Alma Ludivina Aguado (D), teacher Felix Alvarado (D), private investigator Bill Dear (D), Prairie View A & M assoc. prof. Clement Glenn (D), '06 GOP candidate/rancher/home-builder Star Locke (D), hair-care mogul Farouk Shami (D) and Houston Mayor Bill White (D).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-             All Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth 2/7
B. White 59% 57% 61% 72% 52% 48% 38% 49%
F. Shami 12 17 9 6 14 19 25 19
F. Alvarado 5 4 5 -- -- 14 -- 5
A. Aguado 3 3 2 2 -- 5 -- 2
C. Glenn 2 3 1 1 3 -- 13 1
B. Dear 1 3 -- 1 3 -- -- 0
S. Locke 0 1 -- -- -- -- 13 0
Undec 18 12 22 24 17 28 14 13

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom 2/7
R. Perry 40% 34% 47% 39%
K. Hutchison 31 34 28 28
D. Medina 20 24 16 24
Undec 9 8 9 10

Primary Runoff Election Matchups (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom
R. Perry 52% 48% 57%
K. Hutchison 35 37 33
Undec 12 15 9

-             All Men Wom
R. Perry 56% 52% 60%
D. Medina 36 40 32
Undec 8 8 9

Perry As Gov. (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom 2/7
Approve 50% 44% 56% 50%
Disapprove 41 45 36 36

Hutchison As Sen. (GOPers)
-             All Men Wom 2/7
Approve 47% 47% 48% 51%
Disapprove 43 44 42 28

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)
-             All     Men     Wom     2/7
G.W. Bush 79%/14% 76%/18% 82%/10% n/a
R. Paul 38 /30 43 /32 32 /28 n/a
D. Medina 36 /30 40 /29 32 /32 40%/ 9%
 
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