Governor 2010

California
A Thomson Reuters poll; conducted 6/25-27 by Ipsos Public Affairs; surveyed 600 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 6/29). Party ID breakdown: 47%D, 39%R, 10%I. Tested: AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

General Election Matchup

J. Brown      45%
M. Whitman    39
Other          3
Undec         14

How Much Interest Do You Have In Following News About The Campaigns For The Midterm Elections In CA?

-             All Dem GOP Ind
A great deal  32% 29% 38% 20%
Quite a bit   28  28  26  25
Only some     26  28  25  23
Very little   11  12   8  20
No interest    4   3   3  10

Hawaii
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/24; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/30). Tested: Ex-Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D), Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann (D), LG Duke Aiona (R) and '02 candidate/'00 SEN nominee/'02/'03 HI-02 candidate/ex-state Sen./ex-HI GOP chair John Carroll (R).

General Election Matchups

-               Now 3/24
N. Abercrombie  58% 54%
D. Aiona        32  31
Other            3   6
Undec            6   9

-               Now 3/24
M. Hannemann    52% 50%
D. Aiona        30  29
Other            9  14
Undec            9   7

N. Abercrombie  59%
J. Carroll      30
Other            4
Undec            6

Fav/Unfav

-               Now     3/24
N. Abercrombie  62%/33% 63%/33%
M. Hannemann    58 /35  57 /39
D. Aiona        49 /41  50 /41
J. Carroll      27 /35   n/a

Ohio
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 6/26-27; surveyed 482 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.5% (release, 6/29). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/21 6/09 1/09
J. Kasich      43% 16% 73% 45% 44% 43% 42%  42%  39%
T. Strickland  41  72  12  26  42  40  37   44   45
Undec          16  12  14  28  14  17  21   14   16

Strickland As Gov.

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 3/21 6/09 1/09
Approve        37% 61%  9% 36% 37% 36% 33%  43%  48%
Disapprove     48  22  79  47  50  47  47   42   35

Fav/Unfav

-          All     Dem     GOP     Ind     3/21    6/09
J. Kasich  28%/30% 13%/41% 46%/19% 30%/29% 25%/24% 31%/30%

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