Governor 2010

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

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-                All Men Wom
S. McInnis       57% 60% 54%
D. Maes          29  28  29
Undec            14  12  17

General Election Matchup

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

General Election Matchup (1,474 RVs; MoE +/- 2.6%)

-                All Men Wom
S. McInnis       47% 53% 42%
J. Hickenlooper  43  40  46
Third party       6   6   5
Undec             4   2   6

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

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

R. Scott     35%
B. McCollum  30
Undec        33

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

General Election Matchups

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

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

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

-            Now 5/26
A. Dillon    34% 29%
V. Bernero   24  23
Undec        42  48

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

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

General Election Matchups

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

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

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

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

Fav/Unfav

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

Governor 2010

Arizona
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/17; surveyed 1,000 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1%. Subsample of 541 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.2% (release, 5/19). Tested: Gov. Jan Brewer (R), Treas. Dean Martin (R), NRA board member/firearms training center owner Owen "Buz" Mills (R) and ex-state GOP Chair John Munger (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-           Now 4/13 3/16
J. Brewer   45% 26%  20%
B. Mills    18  18   19
D. Martin   18  12   21
J. Munger    3  14   10
Other        3   6    7
Undec       13  24   23

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

-           Now     4/13    3/16    11/18
J. Brewer   80%/17% 49%/41% 52%/44% 54%/40%
D. Martin   45 /24  37 /21  54 /14  60 /10
B. Mills    44 /27  40 /19  43 /12   n/a
J. Munger   19 /35  18 /23  37 /26  28 /22

Brewer As Gov.

-           Now 4/27 4/15 4/13 3/16 1/20 11/18 9/24 7/21 5/09
Approve     64% 56%  40%  48%  41%  37%  39%   37%  48%  51%
Disapprove  35  42   56   51   55   60   57    57   48   45

California
A Public Policy Institute Of CA poll; conducted 5/9-16; surveyed 1,168 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.9%. Subsample of 411 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.8% (release, 5/20). 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 3/16 1/19
M. Whitman  38% 41% 36% 61%  41%
S. Poizner  29  29  29  11   11
Other        2   3   1   3    4
Undec       31  27  34  25   44

General Election Matchups

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/16 1/19 12/8
J. Brown    45% 74% 12% 40% 42% 47% 46%  44%  47%
S. Poizner  32  10  65  27  37  27  31   29   31
Undec       23  16  23  33  21  26  23   27   21

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/16 1/19 12/8
J. Brown    42% 70% 10% 38% 40% 45% 39%  41%  43%
M. Whitman  37  16  69  34  42  33  44   36   37
Undec       21  14  21  28  18  22  17   23   20

How Closely Are You Following News About Candidates For The GOV Election?

-                   Now 3/16 1/19 12/8
Very closely        21% 17%  11%  10%
Fairly closely      46  46   34   33
Not too closely     27  28   42   36
Not at all closely   6   8   12   20

Colorado
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/14-16; surveyed 1,060 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 5/20). Party ID breakdown: 37%D, 33%R, 31%I. Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

General Election Matchup

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/8
J. Hickenlooper  44% 78%  9% 42% 39% 49% 50%
S. McInnis       44  11  79  46  52  36  39
Undec            12  11  12  12   9  14  11

Fav/Unfav

-                All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/8
J. Hickenlooper  47%/33% 73%/12% 21%/57% 44%/34% 51%/27%
S. McInnis       31 /30  14 /42  53 /15  29 /30  28 /27

Georgia
An InsiderAdvantage (IVR) poll; conducted 5/18; surveyed 423 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.8% (release, 5/19). Tested: Rep. Nathan Deal (09), Sec/State Karen Handel, state Sen. Eric Johnson, radio/TV ad producer Ray McBerry, Insurance Commis. John Oxendine and Wal-mart worker Otis Putnam.

Primary Election Matchup

-             Now 4/5 2/28 2/9 5/13
J. Oxendine   23% 26% 27%  25% 21%
K. Handel     15  18  13   10   9
N. Deal       14   9   9    9  11
E. Johnson     5   5   7    7   3
J. Chapman     2  n/a n/a  n/a n/a
R. McBerry     2  n/a n/a  n/a n/a
O. Putnam      0  n/a n/a  n/a n/a
Others        n/a 11   8    4   6
Undec         39  31  36   45  50

Minnesota
A MN Public Radio News/Humphrey Institute poll; conducted 5/13-16; surveyed 701 adults; margin of error +/- 3.7%. Subsample of 246 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.2% (release, 5/19). Tested: State House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (D), ex-Sen. Mark Dayton (D), atty/ex-state House Min. Leader Matt Entenza (D), state Rep. Tom Emmer (R) and Tom Horner (IP).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

M. Dayton             38%
M. Anderson Kelliher  28
M. Entenza             6
Undec                 28

General Election Matchups

T. Emmer              31%
M. Anderson Kelliher  29
T. Horner             10
Undec                 30

M. Dayton             35%
T. Emmer              31
T. Horner              9
Undec                 25

T. Emmer              32%
M. Entenza            28
T. Horner             11
Undec                 29

South Carolina
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/17; surveyed 931 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 5/20). Tested: Rep. Gresham Barrett (03), LG André Bauer, state Rep. Nikki Haley and AG Henry McMaster.

Primary Election Matchup

N. Haley     30%
H. McMaster  19
G. Barrett   17
A. Bauer     12
Other         3
Undec        18

Fav/Unfav

N. Haley     60%/14%
H. McMaster  59 /19
G. Barrett   52 /23
A. Bauer     42 /49

Obama As POTUS

Approve      10%
Disapprove   90

Sanford As Gov.

Approve      63%
Disapprove   37

Governor 2010

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

Primary Election Matchup

M. Whitman  49%
S. Poizner  32
Undec       17

Fav/Unfav

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

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

Primary Election Matchup

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

Fav/Unfav

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

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

General Election Matchup

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

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

Fav/Unfav

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

Governor 2010

Colorado
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/11; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/12). Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

General Election Matchup

-                Now 4/14 3/4 2/4 1/6
S. McInnis       47% 48%  48% 45% 45%
J. Hickenlooper  41  42   42  49  42
Other             6   4    3   1   2
Undec             6   6    6   6   8

Fav/Unfav

-                Now     4/14    3/4     2/4     1/6
S. McInnis       52%/35% 57%/26% 53%/33% 52%/29% 60%/26%
J. Hickenlooper  49 /43  55 /38  55 /36  56 /36  57 /32

Kansas
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/11; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/13). Tested: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) and state Sen. Tom Holland (D).

General Election Matchup

-             Now 2/24
S. Brownback  58% 55%
T. Holland    27  33
Other          7   4
Undec          8   8

Fav/Unfav

-             Now     2/24
S. Brownback  64%/29% 58%/34%
T. Holland    38 /36  34 /23

Pennsylvania
A Muhlenberg College/Allentown Morning Call tracking poll; conducted 5/9-12; surveyed 405 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/13). 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 5/11 5/10 5/9 5/8 5/7 5/6 5/5 5/4 5/3 5/2
D. Onorato   39% 37%  33%  35% 36% 35% 35% 34% 34% 36% 39%
T. Williams  14  15   15   15  12   9  10   8   9   9   7
J. Hoeffel   11   8   10    8   8  10  11  12  11   9   7
J. Wagner     9   9    9   10   8   8   8   9   8   8   6
Other/undec  27  30   34   32  36  38  36  39  37  38  41

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     5/11    5/10    5/9     5/8     5/7
D. Onorato   44%/12% 44%/13% 40%/11% 42%/11% 39%/ 9% 38%/10%
T. Williams  24 /15  26 /13  28 /13  26 /15  24 /13  21 /14
J. Hoeffel   23 / 7  21 / 6  22 / 7  21 / 9  18 / 8  20 / 8
J. Wagner    22 /11  20 /10  17 / 9  19 /10  17 / 8  18 / 6

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 5/4-10; surveyed 1,161 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.9% (release, 5/13). Tested: AG Tom Corbett (R), Hoeffel, Onorato and Wagner.

General Election Matchups

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/5 2/28 12/14
T. Corbett   49% 18% 87% 47% 58% 41% 50% 41%  46%
J. Hoeffel   26  55   3  15  21  31  28  30   30
Other         1   1   1   4   2   1  --   1    1
Not vote      1   2   1   1   1   2   1   1    1
Undec        22  24   8  33  18  26  21  27   23

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/5 2/28 12/14 9/28
T. Corbett   43% 11% 82% 42% 52% 35% 45% 42%  45%   47%
D. Onorato   37  68   9  29  35  39  33  32   30    28
Other         1  --  --   2  --   1   1   1    1     1
Not vote      1   1  --   1   1   1   1   1    1     1
Undec        19  20   9  27  12  25  21  24   22    24

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/5 2/28 12/14 9/28
T. Corbett   47% 14% 86% 49% 55% 40% 48% 42%  43%   44%
J. Wagner    28  57   4  17  24  31  29  30   33    29
Other         1   1   1   2   1   1   1   1    1     1
Not vote      1   1   1   2   1   1   1   1    1     1
Undec        23  28   8  29  18  28  21  26   23    25

Fav/Unfav

-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/5     2/28
T. Corbett   49%/13% 31%/20% 73%/ 4% 50%/13% 47%/13% 43%/ 7%
D. Onorato   34 /13  46 / 6  22 /20  34 /15  21 /11  20 / 8
J. Wagner    19 / 7  27 / 5  11 / 9  19 / 7  18 / 8  20 / 7
J. Hoeffel   14 /11  20 / 7   7 /13  14 /13  14 /10  15 / 7
T. Williams  12 / 8  23 / 5   5 /10   7 /10   3 / 3   3 / 2
S. Rohrer     9 / 5   2 / 5  17 / 5   9 / 5   7 / 4   5 / 3

Governor 2010

Colorado
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/14; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/15). Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

General Election Matchup

-                Now 3/4 2/4 1/6
S. McInnis       48% 48% 45% 45%
J. Hickenlooper  42  42  49  42
Other             4   3   1   2
Undec             6   6   6   8

Fav/Unfav

-                Now     3/4     2/4     1/6     12/10
S. McInnis       57%/26% 53%/33% 52%/29% 60%/26% 52%/33%
J. Hickenlooper  55 /38  55 /36  56 /36  57 /32   n/a

Governor 2010

Colorado
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/5-8; surveyed 497 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/15). Tested: Businessman Dan Maes (R), Littleton library board member/Korean translator Yoon Joo Mager (R), ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) and Mark Vanderbilt (R).

Primary Election Matchup

-              All Men Wom
S. McInnis     58% 60% 56%
D. Maes         8  13   3
Y. Mager        2   2   2
M. Vanderbilt   1   1   1
Undec          31  24  39

Fav/Unfav

-              All     Men     Wom
S. McInnis     50%/10% 50%/13% 49%/ 6%

Florida
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/5-8; surveyed 849 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.4% (release, 3/12). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist (R), AG Bill McCollum (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

General Election Matchups

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
C. Crist     47% 33% 63% 43% 52% 44% 49% 28% 57% 50%
A. Sink      27  45  11  25  25  29  27  34  22  29
Undec        26  22  26  32  23  28  24  38  22  21

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
B. McCollum  44% 20% 69% 38% 50% 39% 49% 23% 43% 21%
A. Sink      31  55  11  25  26  35  29  42  30  38
Undec        25  25  20  36  24  26  22  35  26  42

Fav/Unfav

-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
B. McCollum  25%/26% 17%/31% 33%/20% 21%/27% 27%/31% 22%/21%
A. Sink      23 /27  34 /18  14 /36  21 /25  19 /31  26 /23

Wisconsin
A WI Policy Research Institute/UW Political Science poll; conducted 3/7-9; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Subsample of 323 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 5.5% (release, 3/12). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 30%R, 28%D, 36%I. Tested: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D), ex-Rep. Mark Neumann (R) and Milwaukee Co. Exec. Scott Walker (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-           Now 9/29
S. Walker   46% 39%
S. Neumann  27  14
T. Michels  n/a  4
Undec       27  43

General Election Matchups

-           All Dem GOP Ind
T. Barrett  34% 60% 18% 31%
S. Neumann  34  11  50  39
Undec       30  28  30  28

-           All Dem GOP Ind
S. Walker   36% 13% 57% 38%
T. Barrett  31  54  16  29
Undec       31  32  27  30

Fav/Unfav

-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     9/29
S. Walker   37%/16% 15%/27% 57%/ 7% 40%/16% 33%/16%
S. Neumann  36 /16  15 /27  53 / 7  39 /15  24 /12
T. Barrett  34 /18  44 / 7  25 /26  38 /19  36 /12

Governor 2010

Colorado
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/5-8; surveyed 580 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.1% (release, 3/10). Party ID breakdown: 39%D, 36%R, 24%I. Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

General Election Matchup

-                All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
J. Hickenlooper  50% 85% 13% 48% 45% 55%
S. McInnis       39   7  77  34  46  32
Undec            11   8  10  18   9  13

Fav/Unfav

-                All     Dem     GOP     Ind               
J. Hickenlooper  51%/27% 72%/12% 30%/41% 49%/28%
S. McInnis       28 /27  11 /42  49 /10  26 /30

Illinois
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/8; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/9). Tested: Gov. Pat Quinn (D) and state Sen. Bill Brady (R).

General Election Matchup

-           Now 12/14
B. Brady    47% 30%
P. Quinn    37  45
Other        6  13
Undec        9  13

Quinn As Gov.

-           Now 2/3 12/9 8/11 6/9 4/14
Approve     43% 45% 52%  47%  57% 61%
Disapprove  55  53  47   49   41  37

Fav/Unfav

-           Now     12/14   8/11    6/9
B. Brady    51%/30% 36%/37% 29%/21%  n/a
P. Quinn    44 /51  52 /44  53 /43  55%/39%

Massachusetts
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/8; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/10). Tested: Gov. Deval Patrick (D), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care CEO/ex-MA HHS/Finance sec. Charlie Baker (R), Treas. Tim Cahill (I) and '06 indie candidate/ex-MA Turnpike Authority board member Christy Mihos (R).

General Election Matchups

-           Now 11/23 10/22               Now 11/23 10/22
D. Patrick  35% 33%   34%     D. Patrick  34% 32%   34%
C. Baker    32  28    24      T. Cahill   30  28    23
T. Cahill   19  25    23      C. Mihos    19  26    23
Undec       14  14    19      Undec       16  14    19

Patrick As Gov.

-           Now 11/23 10/22 8/20 6/24 4/16 2/10
Approve     39% 34%   43%   39%  42%  34%  48%
Disapprove  61  64    56    60   57   65   51

Fav/Unfav

-           Now     11/23   10/22   8/20    6/24
T. Cahill   55%/28% 49%/28% 49%/25%  n/a     n/a
C. Baker    46 /26  42 /29  32 /29  40%/30% 37%/27%
D. Patrick  43 /55  42 /56  48 /50  40 /56  48 /51
C. Mihos    38 /42  46 /36  40 /36  50 /30  46 /35 

Michigan
A Denno-Noor poll; conducted 3/2-5 for the Rossman Group and Perricone Group; surveyed 205 Dem primary LVs and 217 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 6.8% and 6.7%, respectively (Agar, Grand Rapids Press, 3/10). Tested: Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, state House Speaker Andy Dillon (D), ex-Genesee Co. Treas. Dan Kildee, '02 LG candidate/state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith (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         13%
V. Bernero        11
A. Wheeler Smith   6
D. Kildee          6
Other/none         8
Undec             56

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-                 Now 11/17
P. Hoekstra       28% 21%
R. Snyder         18   5
M. Cox            12  15
M. Bouchard        8  13
T. George          2   3
Other/none         1   7
Undec             31  37

Governor 2010

Alaska
A Basswood Research (R) poll; conducted 2/27-28 for Gov. Sean Parnell (R); surveyed 500 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/3). Tested: Parnell, Holland America VP/ex-state House Maj. Leader Ralph Samuels and atty Bill Walker.

Primary Election Matchup

S. Parnell  69%
R. Samuels   9
B. Walker    4
Undec       18

Parnell As Gov.

Approve     79%
Disapprove   8

Fav/Unfav

S. Parnell  71%/ 8%

Colorado
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/4; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/8). Tested: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) and ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R).

General Election Matchup

-                Now 2/4 1/6
S. McInnis       48% 45% 45%
J. Hickenlooper  42  49  42
Other             3   1   2
Undec             6   6   8

Fav/Unfav

-                Now     2/4     1/6     12/10   9/9
J. Hickenlooper  55%/36% 56%/36% 57%/32%  n/a     n/a
S. McInnis       53 /33  52 /29  60 /26  52%/33% 42%/22%

Florida
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 3/5-8; surveyed 492 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/9). Tested: Gov. Charlie Crist and AG Bill McCollum.

Primary Election Matchup

-            All Men Wom
B. McCollum  49% 52% 45%
C. Crist     35  38  33
Undec        16  10  22

Crist As Gov.

-            All Men Wom
Approve      29% 31% 26%
Disapprove   56  58  55

New York
A Marist College poll; conducted 3/8; surveyed 529 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 3/9).

Cuomo As AG

-               All Dem GOP Ind 3/1 1/27 1/14 11/17 9/10 6/25
Excellent/good  54% 65% 40% 53% 67% 62%  64%  66%   69%  67%
Fair/poor       39  28  53  39  28  32   30   28    26   27

Gov. Paterson Has Asked Cuomo To Investigate His Actions Surrounding A Conversation He Had With The Victim Of A Possible Domestic Violence Case Against One Of His Top Aides. Others Think A Special Prosecutor Should Be Appointed Since Cuomo Is Expected To Run For GOV This Year. Do You Think Cuomo Will Be Fair And Impartial In Conducting The Investigation, Or Do You Think It Is Necessary To Appoint A Special Prosecutor To Conduct The Investigation?

-                   All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Special prosecutor  58% 58% 63% 54% 58% 58%
Cuomo will be fair  38  40  31  42  37  40

South Carolina
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/3; surveyed 398 Dem primary LVs and 924 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 4.9% and 3.2%, respectively (release, 3/8). Tested: Lobbyist/atty Dwight Drake (D), 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)

J. Rex       16%
V. Sheheen   16
R. Ford      12
D. Drake      5
Other        15
Undec        37

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

H. McMaster  21%
A. Bauer     17
G. Barrett   14
N. Haley     12
Other         9
Undec        29

Fav/Unfav (Dems)

J. Rex       38%/17%
V. Sheheen   24 /25
R. Ford      23 /25
D. Drake     22 /22

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

H. McMaster  55%/14%
G. Barrett   41 /20
A. Bauer     40 /43
N. Haley     34 /15

Obama As POTUS

-            Dems GOPers
Approve      80%  11%
Disapprove   19   88

Sanford As Gov.

-            Dems GOPers
Approve      22%  59%
Disapprove   76   39

Governor - Colorado (2010)

Governor (2010)
A CO Policy Institute (R) poll; conducted 9/16-17 by the Tarrance Group (R); surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 9/21). Tested: Ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) and state Senate Min. Leader Josh Penry (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
S. McInnis  40%
J. Penry    13
Undec       47

Re-elect Ritter?
Deserves re-election        33%
Unsure/depends on opponent  12
New person                  56

Ritter As Gov.
Approve     48%
Disapprove  46
Fav/Unfav
B. Ritter   47%/43%

Governor - Colorado (2010)

Governor (2010)
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 9/15; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 9/16).

Ritter As Gov.
Approve     40%
Disapprove  57

Governor-Colorado (2010)

Governor (2010)
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 9/9; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 9/10). Tested: Gov. Bill Ritter (D), ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) and state Senate Min. Leader Josh Penry (R).

General Election Matchups

S. McInnis  44%

B. Ritter   39

Other        7

Undec       10



B. Ritter   41%

J. Penry    40

Other        7

Undec       12

Ritter As Gov.

Approve     49%

Disapprove  49

Fav/Unfav

B. Ritter   47%/42%

S. McInnis  42 /22

J. Penry    28 /25

Colorado-Governor (2010)

Governor (2010)
A Public Policy Polling (IVR) (D) poll; conducted 8/14-16; surveyed 969 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.1%. Subsample of 402 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 8/19). Party ID Breakdown: 39%R, 36%D, 26%I. Tested: Gov. Bill Ritter (D), ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) and state Senate Min. Leader Josh Penry (R).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-           All Men Wom

S. McInnis  36% 42% 31%

J. Penry    15  21   9

Undec       49  37  59



General Election Matchups

-           All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk His 4/19

S. McInnis  46% 48% 44% 15% 79% 38% 48% 20% 38% 48%

B. Ritter   38  36  39  69   9  37  37  44  38  41

Undec       16  16  17  16  12  25  14  36  24  11



-           All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk His 4/19

B. Ritter   40% 40% 39% 73% 11% 37% 38% 46% 48% 42%

J. Penry    40  40  40  11  72  32  42  11  33  40

Undec       20  20  21  16  18  30  19  43  19  18



Ritter As Gov.

-           All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk His 4/19 1/25

Approve     40% 39% 42% 64% 18% 41% 40% 44% 46% 41%  47%

Disapprove  45  48  42  20  69  45  47  24  32  49   40



Fav/Unfav

-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/19

S. McInnis  30%/25% 11%/40% 52%/ 9% 22%/28% 32%/28%

J. Penry    23 /20  10 /33  37 / 7  20 /21    na

Colorado - Senate (2010), Governor (2010)

Senate (2010)
A Tarrance Group (R) poll; conducted 6/24-25 for the NRSC; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (Hotline sources, 7/9).

Generic SEN Ballot
GOP  41%
Dem  40
 
Fav/Unfav
M. Bennet  20%/17%
 
Bennet As Sen.
Approve     21%
Disapprove  22
 
Reelect Bennet?
Reelect Bennet   14%
Support another  38

Governor (2010)
A Tarrance Group (R) poll; conducted 6/24-25 for the NRSC; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (Hotline sources, 7/9).

Ritter As Gov.
Approve     44%
Disapprove  45