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

Governor 2010

Michigan
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/22; surveyed 1,000 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1%. Subsample of 481 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.5% (release, 4/27). Tested: Oakland Co. Sheriff Mike Bouchard (R), AG Mike Cox (R), Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-02) and venture capitalist Rick Snyder (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-              Now 3/24
P. Hoekstra    28% 27%
R. Snyder      14  18
M. Cox         13  13
M. Bouchard     9   6
Other           5   5
Undec          32  32

General Election Matchup

-              Now 10/21
Generic GOPer  41% 36%
Generic Dem    36  37
Other           5  n/a
Undec          18  27

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

-              Now     3/24
P. Hoekstra    55%/17% 54%/13%
M. Cox         50 /23  45 /23
M. Bouchard    42 /17  37 /19
R. Synder      41 /15  40 /14

Rhode Island
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/21; surveyed 500 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/27). Tested: Treas. Frank Caprio (D), ex-GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I), AG Patrick Lynch (D) and ex-Gov. Carcieri comm. dir. John Robitaille (R).

General Election Matchups

-              Now 3/25 2/25
L. Chafee      33% 39%  37%
F. Caprio      33  28   27
J. Robitaille  21  22   19
Undec          13  11   17

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

Fav/Unfav

-              Now     3/25    2/25
F. Caprio      56%/29% 53%/29% 52%/28%
L. Chafee      53 /38  57 /37  55 /37
P. Lynch       44 /45  45 /41  37 /48
J. Robitaille  39 /27  35 /29  31 /31

South Dakota
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/21; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/26). Tested: LG Dennis Daugaard (R), state Sen. Gordon Howie (R), state Sen. Dave Knudson (R) and state Sen. Scott Heidepriem (D).

General Election Matchups

-              Now 3/25 2/23
D. Daugaard    53% 49%  41%
S. Heidepriem  33  32   32
Other           5   6    7
Undec           9  13   19

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

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

Fav/Unfav

-              Now     3/25    2/23
D. Daugaard    61%/23% 60%/14% 45%/22%
D. Knudson     54 /21  35 /17  32 /21
S. Heidepriem  48 /36  42 /33  42 /33
G. Howie       33 /36  38 /25  29 /29

Governor 2010

Hawaii
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/24; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/26). Tested: Ex-Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D), Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann (D) and LG Duke Aiona (R).

General Election Matchups

N. Abercrombie  54%           M. Hannemann    50%
D. Aiona        31            D. Aiona        29
Other            6            Other           14
Undec            9            Undec            7

Fav/Unfav

N. Abercrombie  63%/33%
M. Hannemann    57 /39
D. Aiona        50 /41

New Mexico
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/24; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/28). Tested: State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones (R), atty Pete Domenici Jr. (R), Doña Ana Co. DA Susana Martinez (R), PR firm owner/ex-Gov. Johnson mgr. Doug Turner (R), businessman/ex-NM GOP chair Allen Weh (R) and LG Diane Denish (D).

General Election Matchups

D. Denish        52%
J. Arnold-Jones  30
Other             6
Undec            12

D. Denish        52%
P. Domenici Jr.  35
Other             6
Undec             6

D. Denish        51%
S. Martinez      32
Other             7
Undec            10

D. Denish        43%
D. Turner        34
Other             7
Undec            16

D. Denish        45%
A. Weh           35
Other             7
Undec            13

Fav/Unfav

D. Denish        55%/43%
P. Domenici Jr.  44 /39
D. Turner        33 /30
A. Weh           33 /31
S. Martinez      30 /29
J. Arnold-Jones  26 /32

Rhode Island
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/25; surveyed 500 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/29). Tested: Treas. Frank Caprio (D), ex-GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I), AG Patrick Lynch (D) and ex-Gov. Carcieri comm. dir. John Robitaille (R).

General Election Matchups

-              Now 2/25
L. Chafee      39% 37%
F. Caprio      28  27
J. Robitaille  22  19
Undec          11  17

-              Now 2/25
L. Chafee      37% 38%
J. Robitaille  26  22
P. Lynch       22  24
Undec          15  16

Fav/Unfav

-              Now     2/25
L. Chafee      57%/37% 55%/37%
F. Caprio      53 /29  52 /28
P. Lynch       45 /41  37 /48
J. Robitaille  35 /29  31 /31

Governor 2010

New York
A Marist College poll; conducted 2/22, 2/24; surveyed 646 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.9% (release, 3/2). Tested: AG Andrew Cuomo (D) and '00 SEN nominee/JPMorgan exec. VP/ex-Rep. Rick Lazio (R).

General Election Matchup

-         All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 1/27
A. Cuomo  64% 88% 35% 55% 59% 70% 64%
R. Lazio  28   6  57  34  35  21  27
Undec      8   6   9  11   7   9   9

Cuomo As AG

-                 All Dem GOP Ind 1/27 1/14 11/17 9/10 6/25
Excellent/good    67% 75% 57% 64% 62%  64%  66%   69%  67%
Fair/poor         28  21  37  30  32   30   28    26   27

Georgia
An InsiderAdvantage (IVR) poll; conducted 2/28; surveyed 664 Dem RVs and 946 GOP RVs; margins of error +/- 3.7% and 3.1%, respectively (release, 3/1). Tested: Ex-Gov. Roy Barnes (D), AG Thurbert Baker (D), state House Min. Leader Dubose Porter (D), '98 candidate/ex-GA Nat'l Guard Adj. Gen. David Poythress (D), Insurance Commis. John Oxendine (R), Rep. Nathan Deal (R-09), Sec/State Karen Handel (R) and state Sen. Eric Johnson (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

-             Now 4/13
R. Barnes     36% 35%
T. Baker       7  11
D. Porter      3   3
D. Poythress   2   2
Other          4  n/a
Undec         48  49

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-             Now 2/9 5/13
J. Oxendine   27% 25% 21%
K. Handel     13  10   9
N. Deal        9   9  11
E. Johnson     7   7   3
Others         8   4   6
Undec         36  45  50

Kansas
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/24; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/1). Tested: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) and state Sen. Tom Holland (D).

General Election Matchup

S. Brownback  55%
T. Holland    33
Other          4
Undec          8

Fav/Unfav

S. Brownback  58%/34%
T. Holland    34 /23

Rhode Island
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/25; surveyed 500 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/2). Tested: Treas. Frank Caprio (D), ex-GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I), AG Patrick Lynch (D) and ex-Gov. Carcieri comm. dir. John Robitaille (R).

General Election Matchups

L. Chafee      37%
F. Caprio      27
J. Robitaille  19
Undec          17

L. Chafee      38%
P. Lynch       24
J. Robitaille  22
Undec          16

Fav/Unfav

L. Chafee      55%/37%
F. Caprio      52 /28
P. Lynch       37 /48
J. Robitaille  31 /31

Governor 2010

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/18; surveyed 1,000 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1% (release, 2/23). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

General Election Matchup

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

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     2/1     12/14   10/20   6/22
B. McCollum  53%/29% 53%/30% 54%/30% 49%/31% 53%/25%
A. Sink      38 /34  39 /34  45 /31  41 /30  50 /32

Georgia
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/22). Tested: Ex-Gov. Roy Barnes (D), Rep. Nathan Deal (R-09), Sec/State Karen Handel (R), state Sen. Eric Johnson (R) and Insurance Commis. John Oxendine (R).

General Election Matchups

-            Now 1/20
N. Deal      43% 42%
R. Barnes    37  43
Other         7   7
Undec        14   8

-            Now 1/20
K. Handel    45% 42%
R. Barnes    36  43
Other         5   5
Undec        14  10

E. Johnson   37%
R. Barnes    37
Other         8
Undec        18

-            Now 1/20
J. Oxendine  45% 44%
R. Barnes    37  42
Other         7   6
Undec        10   8

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     1/20
J. Oxendine  58%/31% 59%/29%
K. Handel    53 /24  52 /24
R. Barnes    48 /43  52 /38
N. Deal      40 /27  44 /29
E. Johnson   36 /25   n/a

New Mexico
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 2/18-20; surveyed 990 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.1% (release, 2/24). Party ID breakdown: 53%D, 32%R, 15%I. Tested: State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones (R), atty Pete Domenici Jr. (R), Doña Ana Co. DA Susana Martinez (R), PR firm owner/ex-Gov. Johnson mgr. Doug Turner (R), businessman/ex-NM GOP chair Allen Weh (R) and LG Diane Denish (D).

General Election Matchups

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
D. Denish        47% 74% 11% 32% 44% 50% 42% 21% 57% 31%
J. Arnold-Jones  33  13  66  37  37  30  40  49  25  38
Undec            19  13  23  32  19  20  18  30  19  31

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
D. Denish        45% 71%  8% 32% 42% 48% 41% 35% 52% 32%
P. Domenici      40  17  75  47  44  37  44  48  35  49
Undec            15  12  17  20  14  16  15  16  13  19

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
D. Denish        46% 71% 11% 32% 44% 49% 42% 28% 54% 32%
S. Martinez      32  14  62  34  38  27  35  54  27  39
Undec            21  15  27  34  19  24  23  17  19  29

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
D. Denish        46% 73%  8% 27% 43% 48% 40% 28% 55% 28%
D. Turner        32  12  62  37  36  28  38  48  24  35
Undec            22  14  30  36  21  24  22  23  21  37

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
D. Denish        48% 75%  9% 32% 47% 48% 41% 35% 58% 34%
A. Weh           30  10  63  30  33  27  37  32  21  28
Undec            22  14  29  38  20  24  22  33  21  38

Fav/Unfav

-                All     Dem     GOP     Ind
D. Denish        41%/34% 57%/22% 18%/56% 31%/32%
P. Domenici      27 /35  19 /44  41 /20  25 /36
S. Martinez      17 /21  14 /23  20 /17  19 /19
D. Turner        12 /19   8 /24  16 /12  19 /18
A. Weh           12 /20   8 /25  20 /12  13 /22
J. Arnold-Jones   8 /21   9 /21   8 /18   8 /24

Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia Daily News/WGAL-TV/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/WTAE-TV/WPVI-TV/Times-Shamrock Newspapers poll; conducted 2/15-21 by Franklin & Marshall College; surveyed 1,143 adults; margin of error +/- 2.9%. Subsamples of 481 Dem RVs and 340 GOP RVs; margins of error +/- 4.5% and 5.3%, respectively (release, 2/24). Tested: Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty (D), '04 SEN nominee/Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D), '07 Philly mayor candidate/ex-Philly Dep. Mayor/businessman Tom Knox (D), 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 1/24 10/25
D. Onorato    6% 10%  10%
J. Wagner     6   4    9
J. Hoeffel    6   4    6
C. Doherty    4   4    3
A. Williams   1  n/a  n/a
T. Knox      n/a  2    3
Other         5   7    3
Undec        72  72   66

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-            Now 1/24
T. Corbett   26% 23%
S. Rohrer     4   5
Other         5   3
Undec        65  69

Fav/Unfav

T. Corbett   21%/ 6%

Rhode Island
A Brown Univ. poll; conducted 2/9-12; surveyed 605 RVS; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Subsample of 357 Dems; margin of error +/- 5.2% (release, 2/23). Tested: Treas. Frank Caprio (D), ex-GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I), AG Patrick Lynch (D) and ex-Gov. Carcieri comm. dir. John Robitaille (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

F. Caprio       31%
P. Lynch        22
Undec           48

General Election Matchups

L. Chafee       34%
F. Caprio       28
J. Robitaille   12
Undec           26

L. Chafee       33%
P. Lynch        18
J. Robitaille   14
Undec           36

Caprio As Treas.

-               Now 12/6
Excellent/good  43% 39%
Only fair/poor  31  26

Lynch As AG

-               Now 12/6
Excellent/good  37% 38%
Only fair/poor  53  47

Texas
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/23; surveyed 500 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/24). Tested: Gov. Rick Perry (R), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) and Wharton Co. GOP chair/ex-nurse Debra Medina (R).

Primary Election Matchup

-                Now 2/1 1/17 11/11 9/16 7/15 5/6
R. Perry         48% 44% 43%  46%   38%  46%  42%
K. B. Hutchison  27  29  33   35    40   36   38
D. Medina        16  16  12    4     3   n/a  n/a
Other            n/a n/a n/a  n/a   n/a   5    7
Undec             9  11  11   14    19   14   13

Perry As Gov.

-                Now 2/1 1/17 11/11 9/16
Approve          66% 74% 68%  73%   69%
Disapprove       32  25  31   25    29

Fav/Unfav

-                Now     2/1     1/17    11/11   9/16
R. Perry         67%/31% 80%/19% 72%/26% 75%/24% 72%/26%
K. B. Hutchison  56 /42  67 /31  73 /25  75 /23  71 /26
D. Medina        35 /47  50 /29  43 /29  16 /29  18 /29

Wisconsin
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/23). Tested: '02 candidate/Milwaukee Mayor/ex-Rep. Tom Barrett (D), '98 SEN nominee/ex-Rep. Mark Neumann (R) and Milwaukee Co. Exec. Scott Walker (R).

General Election Matchups

M. Neumann  44%               S. Walker   49%
T. Barrett  42                T. Barrett  40
Other        4                Other        1
Undec       10                Undec       10

Fav/Unfav

S. Walker   55%/29%
M. Neumann  49 /31
T. Barrett  49 /36

Governor - Rhode Island (2010)

Governor (2010)
An Alpha Research Assoc. poll; conducted 10/26-29 for ex-Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I); surveyed 403 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (Gregg/Peoples, Providence Journal, 11/9). Tested: Chafee, Gen. Treas. Frank Caprio (D), AG Patrick Lynch (D) and businessman Rory Smith (R).

General Election Matchups
L. Chafee  36%                L. Chafee  37%
F. Caprio  34                 P. Lynch   24
R. Smith    8                 R. Smith   15