Governor 2010

Alabama
A Dresner, Wicker & Assoc. (R) poll; conducted 6/24, 26-27 for state Rep. Robert Bentley (R); surveyed 450 GOP primary runoff LVs; margin of error +/- 4.6% (Burns, Politico, 6/29). Tested: Bentley and ex-AL Community College Chancellor/ex-state Sen. Bradley Byrne (R).

Primary Runoff Election Matchup

R. Bentley  46%
B. Byrne    27

Fav/Unfav

R. Bentley  59%/ 9%
B. Byrne    43 /24

Kansas
A KCTV-TV/KWCH-TV poll; conducted 6/24-27 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 721 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 6/28). Tested: Sen. Sam Brownback/'02 KS-03 candidate/state Sen. Jeff Colyer and ex-homebuilder/ex-Boeing employee Joan Heffington/pastor Mark Holick.

Primary Election Matchup

-                  All Men Wom
Brownback/Colyer   76% 79% 72%
Heffington/Holick  17  17  18
Undec               7   5  10

New York
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/24; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/29). Tested: AG Andrew Cuomo (D), '00 SEN nominee/JPMorgan exec. VP/ex-Rep. Rick Lazio (R) and atty/developer Carl Paladino (R).

General Election Matchups

-            Now 4/27 3/29 3/1 1/21 11/17 9/22
A. Cuomo     55% 56%  52%  55% 54%  57%   65%
R. Lazio     28  24   29   30  35   29    26
Other         4   6    6    5   5    6     5
Undec        13  14   13   10   7    9     5

-            Now 4/27 3/29 3/1
A. Cuomo     55% 55%  51%  56%
C. Paladino  25  25   28   27
Other         6   5    6    6
Undec        13  15   15   11

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     4/27    3/29    3/1     1/21    11/17
A. Cuomo     63%/31% 65%/28% 60%/31% 64%/29% 62%/29% 56%/34%
R. Lazio     49 /32  38 /38  46 /32  40 /34  45 /34  36 /44
C. Paladino  35 /32  27 /41  31 /31  30 /33   n/a     n/a

Ohio
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 6/22-27; surveyed 1,107 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 6/29). Tested: Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and ex-Rep. John Kasich (R).

General Election Matchup

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 11/9
T. Strickland  43% 81%  6% 40% 38% 47% 44%  43%  44%  40%
J. Kasich      38   4  81  37  46  32  38   38   39   40
Other           2   2  --   4   2   3   1    1    1    1
Not vote        2   2   1   2   1   2  --    1    2    1
Undec          15  11  11  16  13  16  17   17   15   18

Strickland As Gov.

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13
Approve     44% 66% 24% 44% 45% 44% 47%  49%  48%  45%  48%
Disapprove  42  17  67  46  48  38  38   40   40   43   42

Fav/Unfav

-               All     Dem     GOP     Ind     4/26
T. Strickland   42%/37% 68%/10% 17%/62% 41%/41% 45%/32%
J. Kasich       29 /19   6 /32  53 / 5  28 /19  27 /10

Strickland Handling Economy

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13
Approve     33% 54% 17% 32% 33% 34% 36%  35%  35%  33%  33%
Disapprove  54  27  73  61  57  51  53   52   53   52   54

Strickland Handling OH Budget

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 9/13 7/1
Approve     31% 50% 16% 31% 33% 30% 36%  37%  32%  36%  32%
Disapprove  52  30  70  57  54  51  48   47   51   47   53

Do You Think Strickland Has Kept His Campaign Promises So Far?

-       All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 11/9 9/13 7/1
Yes     31% 46% 16% 29% 35% 28% 37%  36%  34%  32%  37%  34%
No      48  29  64  53  48  48  41   41   45   43   40   40

Who Would Do A Better Job Rebuilding OH's Economy?

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 11/9
J. Kasich       39% 11% 72% 42% 46% 34% 41%  38%  41%  41%
T. Strickland   38  68  11  34  35  40  39   38   35   33
No difference    4   3   3   6   4   4   2    2    2   --
Undec           19  19  14  19  14  23  18   22   22   27

Who Would Do A Better Job Handling OH's Budget?

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21 11/9
J. Kasich       41% 12% 75% 42% 47% 37% 40%  39%  42%  42%
T. Strickland   37  68   9  35  34  39  39   38   36   34
No difference    3   3   3   4   3   4   2    2    1   --
Undec           18  17  13  19  16  20  19   21   21   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 4/26 3/29 2/21
T. Strickland   37% 69%  9% 33% 34% 40% 41%  40%  35%
J. Kasich       36   9  71  35  40  32  35   35   36
No difference    8   7   6  12   8   9   7    5    6
Undec           19  15  14  20  18  19  18   20   22

Who Do You Believe Most Shares Your Values?

-               All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 4/26 3/29 2/21
T. Strickland   39% 73%  8% 36% 35% 42% 42%  42%  40%
J. Kasich       38  10  75  37  45  33  36   34   36
No difference    4   3   2   6   4   4   3    2    3
Undec           19  14  15  20  16  21  19   22   21

Utah
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/23; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/28). Tested: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) and Salt Lake Co. Mayor Peter Corroon (D). (Note: Portions of this poll also appeared in 6/28's Hotline).

Special Election Matchup

-           Now 4/8
G. Herbert  58% 57%
P. Corroon  31  29
Other        2   4
Undec        8  10

Herbert As Gov.

-           Now 4/8
Approve     72% 70%
Disapprove  25  27

Fav/Unfav

-           Now     4/8
G. Herbert  70%/23% 72%/23%
P. Corroon  50 /32  47 /35

Wyoming
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/22; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/25). Tested: WY DoT Aeronautics Division operations officer/sr. pilot/ex-Univ. Of WY football player Pete Gosar (D), state Dem Chair Leslie Petersen (D), ex-U.S. Atty Matt Mead (R), Aud. Rita Meyer (R), rancher/ex-WY Dept. of Ag. dir./ex-state House Maj. Leader Ron Micheli (R) and state House Speaker Colin Simpson (R).

General Election Matchups

M. Mead      49%              M. Mead      51%
L. Petersen  22               P. Gosar     23
Other        13               Other        14
Undec        16               Undec        12

R. Meyer     51%              R. Meyer     52%
L. Petersen  23               P. Gosar     23
Other        11               Other        12
Undec        15               Undec        13

R. Micheli   47%              R. Micheli   46%
L. Petersen  27               P. Gosar     28
Other        11               Other        13
Undec        15               Undec        14

C. Simpson   44%              C. Simpson   51%
L. Petersen  28               P. Gosar     24
Other        14               Other        12
Undec        15               Undec        13

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     3/25
M. Mead      55%/23% 39%/19%
C. Simpson   52 /24  56 /20
R. Meyer     44 /33  50 /20
R. Micheli   40 /29  38 /18
L. Petersen  33 /36   n/a
P. Gosar     31 /32   n/a

Governor 2010

Alabama
A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/17-19; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Subsamples of 400 Dem primary LVs and 400 GOP primary LVs; margins of error for each +/- 4.9% (release, 5/24). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 43%R, 37%D, 20%I. 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), ex-AL Econ. Dev. dir./ex-Birmingham City Councilor Bill Johnson (R) and '06 candidate/ex-AL Chief Justice Roy Moore (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

-           All Men Wom Wht Blk
A. Davis    41% 37% 45% 36% 54%
R. Sparks   33  39  27  38  20
Other        8   9   7  10   2
Undec       11  15  21  16  24

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-           All Men Wom
B. Byrne    29% 31% 27%
R. Moore    23  24  22
T. James    17  16  18
R. Bentley   9   9   9
B. Johnson   3   4   2
Other        2   2   2
Undec       17  14  20

General Election Matchups

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk
B. Byrne    48% 12% 80% 47% 52% 44% 61%  4%
A. Davis    31  62   6  27  28  34  18  74
Other        7   4   7  13   8   6   9   1
Undec       14  22   7  13  12  16  12  21

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk
T. James    45% 11% 75% 44% 49% 41% 57%  3%
A. Davis    37  73   6  36  34  40  24  81
Other        8   5   7  15   8   8  10   1
Undec       10  11  12   5   9  11   9  15

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk
R. Moore    43% 10% 73% 42% 47% 39% 55%  3%
A. Davis    38  74   7  37  35  41  25  82
Other        9   5   9  16   9   9  11   1
Undec       10  11  11   5   9  11   9  14

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk
B. Byrne    45% 11% 75% 44% 49% 41% 57%  4%
R. Sparks   34  65   8  32  33  35  23  72
Other        9   7   8  16   9   9  11   1
Undec       12  17   9   8   9  25   9  23

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk
T. James    44%  9% 75% 43% 48% 40% 56%  3%
R. Sparks   38  74   7  37  35  41  25  81
Other       19   7   9  17  11   9  13   1
Undec        8  10   9   3   6  10   6  15

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk
R. Moore    41%  8% 71% 40% 45% 37% 52%  3%
R. Sparks   40  76   9  39  37  43  27  83
Other       12   8  12  19  13  11  15   1
Undec        7   8   8   2   5   9   6  13

Fav/Unfav

-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
B. Byrne    47%/25% 21%/44% 69%/ 9% 50%/20% 51%/22% 43%/28%
R. Moore    45 /36  17 /60  67 /17  48 /33  49 /33  41 /39
A. Davis    44 /40  72 /17  21 /60  42 /41  42 /43  46 /37
T. James    43 /33  14 /57  66 /13  47 /30  45 /31  14 /57
R. Sparks   42 /38  64 /16  22 /57  42 /40  40 /40  44 /36

Fav/Unfav (Dems)

-           All     Men     Wom     Wht     Blk
A. Davis    55%/22% 52%/26% 58%/18% 51%/28% 67%/ 4%
R. Sparks   42 /30  47 /27  37 /33  48 /29  26 /33

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

-           All     Men     Wom
B. Byrne    53%/14% 56%/12% 50%/16%
R. Moore    44 /21  47 /19  41 /23
T. James    41 /17  43 /16  39 /18

Arkansas
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/19; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/24). Tested: Gov. Mike Beebe (D) and '90 AR-02 nominee/restaurateur/ex-state Sen. Jim Keet (R).

General Election Matchup

M. Beebe    53%
J. Keet     38
Other        1
Undec        7

Beebe As Gov.

-           Now 4/26 3/30 3/1 2/1 1/5 12/1 9/28
Approve     72% 68%  74%  75% 73% 68% 67%  69%
Disapprove  28  30   25   22  24  29  28   30

Fav/Unfav

M. Beebe    68%/31%
J. Keet     47 /27

California
A KABC-TV/KPIX-TV/KGTV-TV/KFSN-TV poll; conducted 5/21-23 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 716 Dem primary LVs and 612 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 3.7% and 4.0%, respectively (release, 5/24). Tested: Businessman Richard Aguirre (D), AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D), artist Lowell Darling (D), mechanical engineer Vibert Greene (D), Parole Board Judge Chuck Pineda Jr. (D), non-profit consultant Peter Schurman (D), non-profit pres. Joe Symmon (D), RR switchman Bill Chambers (R), ret. businessman Douglas Hughes (R), family broadcasting exec. Ken Miller (R), accountant Larry Naritelli (R), psychologist/farmer Robert Newman (R), Insurance Commis. Steve Poizner (R), physician David Tully-Smith (R) and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)

-               All Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth 5/9 4/21
J. Brown        70% 72% 69% 73% 78% 67% 61% 66% 63%
C. Pineda        4   6   3   3   2   7   9   3   2
R. Aguirre       4   5   4   3   1   9   2   4   6
J. Symmon        2   3   2   3   1   3   0   3   3
V. Greene        2   2   2   1   1   3   0   1   1
L. Darling       2   1   2   2   1   2   1   1   6
P. Schurman      1   1   1   1   0   0   3   1   1
Undec           14  12  17  15  16  10  24  19  18

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-               All Men Wom 5/9 4/21
M. Whitman      54% 55% 52% 39% 49%
S. Poizner      27  28  26  37  27
L. Naritelli     2   3   2   1   2
D. Hughes        2   3   2   1   1
B. Chambers      2   1   3   3   2
K. Miller        2   1   3   2   1
R. Newman        1   1   1   2   2
D. Tully-Smith   1   0   2   1   1
Undec            9   7  10  14  15

Georgia
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/20; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/25). Tested: AG Thurbert Baker (D), ex-Gov. Roy Barnes (D), ex-Rep. Nathan Deal (R), Sec/State Karen Handel (R), ex-state Senate Pres. Pro Tem Eric Johnson (R) and Insurance Commis. John Oxendine (R).

General Election Matchups

-            Now 4/22 1/20
N. Deal      47% 47%  49%
T. Baker     30  31   32
Other        10   9    7
Undec        12  13   11

-            Now 4/22 3/17 2/17 1/20
N. Deal      47% 46%  43%  43%  42%
R. Barnes    40  39   40   37   43
Other         6   7    5    7    7
Undec         7   8   13   14    8

-            Now 4/22 1/20
K. Handel    43% 44%  46%
T. Baker     32  36   34
Other        10   5    8
Undec        14  15   11

-            Now 4/22 3/17 2/17 1/20
K. Handel    42% 42%  42%  45%  42%
R. Barnes    39  41   39   36   43
Other         9   7    5    5    5
Undec        10  10   14   14   10 

-            Now 4/22
E. Johnson   42% 38%
T. Baker     30  35
Other        11   9
Undec        17  18

-            Now 4/22 3/17 2/17
R. Barnes    42% 42%  40%  37%
E. Johnson   38  37   38   37
Other         9   8    6    8
Undec        11  13   16   18

-            Now 4/22 1/20
J. Oxendine  50% 44%  50%
T. Baker     29  34   32
Other         9   9    8
Undec        12  13   10

-            Now 4/22 3/17 2/17 1/20
J. Oxendine  43% 45%  41%  45%  44%
R. Barnes    39  43   41   37   42
Other        11   6    6    7    6
Undec         7   6   11   10    8

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     4/22    3/17    2/17    1/20
J. Oxendine  57%/26% 51%/35% 53%/34% 58%/31% 59%/29%
R. Barnes    46 /42  47 /43  44 /43  48 /43  52 /38
N. Deal      45 /28  41 /27  39 /30  40 /27  44 /29
K. Handel    45 /29  48 /26  44 /32  53 /24  52 /24
T. Baker     37 /40  42 /39   n/a     n/a    45 /33
E. Johnson   37 /28  29 /28  32 /27  36 /25   n/a

Kansas
A KWCH-TV poll; conducted 5/14-16 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/19).

Brownback As Sen.

-           Now 4/11 3/14 2/14 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/28 8/27
Approve     48% 41%  50%  56%  51%  49%   57%   48%  54%
Disapprove  42  47   42   37   40   40    30    42   36

South Carolina
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 5/22-23; surveyed 410 Dem primary LVs and 638 GOP primary LVs; margins of error +/- 4.8% and 3.9%, respectively (release, 5/25). 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 Oth
V. Sheheen   36% 40% 31% 34% 37% 40%
J. Rex       30  31  30  32  28  30
R. Ford      11  15   7   8  15  10
Undec        23  13  33  26  20  20

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-            All Men Wom
N. Haley     39% 39% 39%
H. McMaster  18  17  19
G. Barrett   16  15  17
A. Bauer     13  12  13
Undec        14  16  12

Fav/Unfav (Dems)

-            All     Men     Wom     Wht     Blk     Oth
V. Sheheen   31%/11% 38%/11% 25%/12% 33%/13% 31%/ 9% 15%/20%
J. Rex       29 /19  27 /23  30 /14  36 /17  20 /22  25 /20

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

-            All     Men     Wom
N. Haley     47%/13% 50%/14% 44%/13%
H. McMaster  43 /22  47 /26  40 /18
G. Barrett   28 /18  29 /20  28 /15
A. Bauer     26 /49  26 /48  25 /50

Sanford As Gov. (GOPers)

-            All Men Wom
Approve      51% 54% 46%
Disapprove   36  34  38

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

Florida
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/15; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/20). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

General Election Matchup

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

Fav/Unfav

-            Now     3/18    2/18    2/1     12/14   10/20
B. McCollum  50%/31% 51%/31% 53%/29% 53%/30% 54%/30% 49%/31%
A. Sink      43 /37  37 /41  38 /34  39 /34  45 /31  41 /30

Kansas
A KWCH-TV poll; conducted 4/9-11 by SurveyUSA (IVR); surveyed 600 adults; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 4/16).

Brownback As Sen.

-           Now 3/14 2/14 1/10 12/13 11/22 9/28 8/27 7/19
Approve     41% 50%  56%  51%  49%   57%   48%  54%  50%
Disapprove  47  42   37   40   40    30    42   36   34

Massachusetts
A Western New England College poll; conducted 4/11-15; surveyed 528 adults; margin of error +/- 4.3%. Subsample of 481 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.5% (release, 4/19). Tested: Gov. Deval Patrick (D), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care CEO/ex-MA HHS/Finance sec. Charlie Baker (R) and Treas. Tim Cahill (I).

General Election Matchup (RVs)

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
D. Patrick  34% 66%  3% 26% 34% 33%
T. Cahill   29  17  32  35  29  28
C. Baker    27   6  64  29  31  23
Undec       10  10   1  10   6  15

Patrick As Gov.

-           All RVs  All  RVs   All   All
-           Now Now  3/09 3/09  2/09  11/08
Approve     34% 34%  41%  40%   47%   50%
Disapprove  48  49   43   43    35    25

Fav/Unfav (RVs)

D. Patrick  40%/48%
T. Cahill   32 /18
C. Baker    20 /13

Direction Of MA (RVs)

-           Now 11/08
Right dir.  30% 39%
Wrong dir.  60  50

Pennsylvania
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/15; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/19). Tested: AG Tom Corbett (R), '04 SEN nominee/Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D), Allegheny Co. Exec. Dan Onorato (D) and Aud. Jack Wagner (D).

General Election Matchups

-           Now 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett  49% 49%  51%  48%
J. Hoeffel  29  28   29   26
Other       11   5    5    9
Undec       11  18   15   17

-           Now 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett  45% 46%  52%  44%              
D. Onorato  36  29   26   28               
Other        8   7    5    7               
Undec       11  17   17   21

-           Now 3/16 2/10 12/10
T. Corbett  48% 46%  49%  43%
J. Wagner   27  33   28   30
Other       11   6    5    8
Undec       14  16   17   20

Fav/Unfav

-           Now     3/16    2/10    12/10
T. Corbett  56%/29% 59%/33% 67%/15% 59%/18%
D. Onorato  41 /32  36 /36  34 /35  30 /32
J. Hoeffel  33 /37  28 /35  33 /33  26 /35
J. Wagner   32 /36  40 /30  40 /28  37 /30

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

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%