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
