House 2010

AL-05
A Lake Research Partners (D) poll; conducted 4/27-29 for Sen. Sparkman grandson/atty Taze Shepard (D); surveyed 500 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/4). Tested: Shepard, atty Mitchell Howie (D), '08 candidate/physician David Maker (D) and pol. consultant/late-Sen. Heflin CoS Steve Raby (D).

Primary Election Matchup

T. Shepard  20%
S. Raby     14
M. Howie     3
D. Maker     3
Other        2
Undec       58

SD-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/27; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/1). Tested: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), state Sen. Blake Curd (R), Sec/State Chris Nelson (R) and state Rep. Kristi Noem (R).

General Election Matchups

-                   Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  48% 48%  45%  51%
B. Curd             41  36   33   33
Other                4   7    8    5
Undec                8   9   14   12

-                   Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  47% 45%  44%  45%
C. Nelson           43  41   42   38
Other                4   5    6    6
Undec                6   9    9   11

-                   Now 4/21 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  46% 50%  46%  49%
K. Noem             43  35   35   34
Other                3   5    8    4
Undec                8   9   10   13

Fav/Unfav

-                   Now     4/21    3/25
S. Herseth Sandlin  59%/39% 55%/43% 52%/43%
C. Nelson           54 /28   n/a     n/a
K. Noem             49 /32   n/a     n/a
B. Curd             42 /37   n/a     n/a

Obama As POTUS

-           Now 5/26 4/21 3/25 2/23
Approve     43% 43%  45%  43%  40%
Disapprove  56  56   54   55   59

Rounds As Gov.

-           Now 5/26 4/21 3/25 2/23
Approve     62% 61%  64%  64%  71%
Disapprove  35  37   34   35   28

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

House 2010

FL-22
A Wilson Research Strategies (R) poll; conducted 4/18-19 for '08 nominee Allen West (R); surveyed 400 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 4/26). Tested: West and Rep. Ron Klein (D).

General Election Matchup

A. West    44%
R. Klein   42

Fav/Unfav

R. Klein   43%/31%
A. West    23 / 8

ND-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/20; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/26). Tested: Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D) and state Rep. Rick Berg (R).

General Election Matchups

-           Now 3/24 2/10
R. Berg     49% 51%  46%
E. Pomeroy  45  44   40
Other        2   1    3
Undec        4   4   11

Fav/Unfav

-           Now     3/24    2/10
R. Berg     53%/28% 56%/22%  n/a
E. Pomeroy  51 /48  48 /49  48%/46%

SD-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 4/21; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 4/26). Tested: Tested: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), state Sen. Blake Curd (R), Sec/State Chris Nelson (R) and state Rep. Kristi Noem (R).

General Election Matchups

-                   Now 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  48% 45%  51%
B. Curd             36  33   33
Other                7   8    5
Undec                9  14   12

-                   Now 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  45% 44%  45%
C. Nelson           41  42   38
Other                5   6    6
Undec                9   9   11

-                   Now 3/25 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  50% 46%  49%
K. Noem             35  35   34
Other                5   8    4
Undec                9  10   13

Fav/Unfav

-                   Now     3/25
S. Herseth Sandlin  55%/43% 52%/43%

WV-01
An Orion Strategies poll; conducted 4/21 for state Sen. Mike Oliverio (D); surveyed 400 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (King, Wheeling News-Register, 4/24). Tested: Oliverio and Rep. Alan Mollohan (D).

Primary Election Matchup

M. Oliverio  41%
A. Mollohan  33
Undec        26

SD-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 3/25; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 3/29). Tested: Tested: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), state Sen. Blake Curd (R), Sec/State Chris Nelson (R) and state Rep. Kristi Noem (R).

General Election Matchups

-                   Now 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  45% 51%
B. Curd             33  33
Other                8   5
Undec               14  12

-                   Now 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  44% 45%
C. Nelson           42  38
Other                6   6
Undec                9  11

-                   Now 2/23
S. Herseth Sandlin  46% 49%
K. Noem             35  34
Other                8   4
Undec               10  13

Fav/Unfav

S. Herseth Sandlin  52%/43%

Governor 2010

Maryland
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/23; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/26). Tested: Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R).

General Election Matchup

M. O'Malley  49%
B. Ehrlich   43
Other         2
Undec         5

O'Malley As Gov.

Approve      53%
Disapprove   42

Fav/Unfav

B. Ehrlich   55%/36%
M. O'Malley  54 /40

Michigan
A Detroit Free Press/WXYZ-TV/WOOD-TV/WJRT-TV/WILX-TV poll; conducted 2/22-25 by EPIC-MRA; surveyed 600 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.0%. Oversamples of 400 Dems and 400 GOPers; margins of error +/- 4.9% (release, 2/26). Tested: Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (D), state House Speaker Andy Dillon (D), ex-Genesee Co. Treas. Dan Kildee (D), '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         17%
D. Kildee         12
V. Bernero         8
A. Wheeler Smith   7
Other             12
Undec             45

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

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

General Election Matchups

-            Now 1/26                      Now 1/26
M. Cox       43% 47%          P. Hoekstra  41% 40%
A. Dillon    36  30           A. Dillon    37  32
Undec        21  23           Undec        21  28

M. Cox       46%              P. Hoekstra  41%
D. Kildee    37               D. Kildee    37
Undec        17               Undec        22

Fav/Unfav

-                 Now     1/26    12/9
M. Cox            43%/19% 41%/20% 42%/20%
M. Bouchard       35 / 9  33 /10  31 / 7
P. Hoekstra       29 /11  30 /12  30 /12
R. Snyder         19 / 4   7 / 2   6 / 2
A. Dillon         13 / 9  14 /11  14 /10
D. Kildee         10 / 5  11 / 4   n/a
V. Bernero         7 / 4   7 / 4   6 / 3
T. George          6 / 2   6 / 3   6 / 3
A. Wheeler Smith   4 / 4   4 / 3   4 / 5

South Dakota
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/23; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/26). Tested: LG Dennis Daugaard (R), state Sen. Gordon Howie (R), state Sen. Dave Knudson (R) and state Sen. Scott Heidepriem (D).

General Election Matchups

D. Daugaard    41%
S. Heidepriem  32
Other           7
Undec          19

S. Heidepriem  37%
G. Howie       29
Other          12
Undec          22

S. Heidepriem  34%
D. Knudson     31
Other          13
Undec          22

Fav/Unfav

D. Daugaard    45%/22%
S. Heidepriem  42 /33
D. Knudson     32 /21
G. Howie       29 /29

House 2010

FL-25
A Hill Research (R) poll; conducted 2/21-22; surveyed 300 GOP voters; margin of error +/- 5.7% (release, 2/24).

Fav/Unfav

A. Diaz de la Portilla  39%/ 9%
J. Martinez             34 /17 
D. Rivera               24 / 5
C. Curbelo              11 / 5
C. Gimenez              11 / 5
M. Pizzi                10 / 3

NM-01
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 2/18-20; surveyed 400 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 2/25). Party ID breakdown: 52%D, 31%R, 17%I. Tested: Rep. Martin Heinrich (D) and atty Jon Barela (R).

General Election Matchup

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
M. Heinrich  45% 73%  6% 31% 42% 48% 41% 50% 50% 45%
J. Barela    36  11  74  44  44  29  39  17  33  38
Undec        19  16  21  25  14  23  20  33  17  17

Heinrich As Rep.

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
Approve      40% 60% 12% 29% 39% 41% 38% --  45% 34%
Disapprove   38  16  66  51  48  28  42  17  33  45

Fav/Unfav

-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
J. Barela    13%/15% 13%/16% 16%/11%  8%/18% 17%/21%  9%/ 9%

Obama As POTUS

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
Approve      47% 75% 12% 28% 42% 52% 41% 67% 54% 45%
Disapprove   47  17  86  63  51  43  55  17  40  38

NM-02
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 2/18-20; surveyed 400 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 2/25). Party ID breakdown: 47%D, 40%R, 13%I. Tested: Rep. Harry Teague (D) and '08 SEN nominee/ex-Rep. Steve Pearce (R).

General Election Matchup

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
S. Pearce   43% 18% 72% 51% 43% 44% 63% 40% 23% 58%
H. Teague   41  64  14  41  47  35  27  40  58  23
Undec       16  19  14   9  10  21  11  20  20  19

Teague As Rep.

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
Approve     41% 54% 26% 41% 40% 42% 31% 60% 52% 35%
Disapprove  36  24  50  41  41  32  49  40  24  32

Fav/Unfav

-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
S. Pearce   43%/31% 26%/46% 66%/14% 34%/32% 40%/33% 45%/30%

Obama As POTUS

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
Approve     44% 72% 14% 33% 43% 45% 24% 60% 65% 26%
Disapprove  49  20  82  57  50  49  71  40  26  71

NM-03
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 2/18-20; surveyed 400 RVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 2/25). Party ID breakdown: 54%D, 33%R, Tested: Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D), Iraq vet/anti-war activist Adam Kokesh (R) and engineer Tom Mullins (R).

General Election Matchups

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
B. Luján    39% 64%  5% 26% 35% 42% 34% 31% 49% 41%
A. Kokesh   33  12  72  19  37  29  38  --  26  24
Undec       28  24  23  55  27  29  27  69  25  35

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
B. Luján    40% 66%  4% 34% 37% 44% 36% 59% 49% 45%
T. Mullins  38  14  81  29  45  33  44  31  28  35
Undec       21  21  15  36  18  24  21  10  23  20

Luján As Rep.

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
Approve     29% 47%  4% 22% 26% 32% 26% 14% 34% 39%
Disapprove  42  24  71  42  48  38  45  72  38  31

Fav/Unfav

-           All     Dem     GOP     Ind     Men     Wom
T. Mullins  10%/ 9%  5%/10% 17%/ 8% 13%/10% 11%/ 8% 10%/10%
A. Kokesh    5 /18   5 /20   4 /15   6 /17   5 /21   4 /15

Obama As POTUS

-           All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Oth
Approve     45% 73%  5% 35% 44% 46% 41% 45% 48% 61%
Disapprove  47  17  91  54  50  44  52  41  39  39

SD-AL
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 2/23; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 2/25). Tested: Tested: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), state Sen. Blake Curd (R), Sec/State Chris Nelson (R) and state Rep. Kristi Noem (R).

General Election Matchups

S. Herseth Sandlin  51%
B. Curd             33
Other                5
Undec               12

S. Herseth Sandlin  45%
C. Nelson           38
Other                6
Undec               11

S. Herseth Sandlin  49%
K. Noem             34
Other                4
Undec               13

Governor - South Dakota (2010)

Governor (2010)
A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll; conducted 9/22-23 for LG Dennis Daugaard (R); surveyed 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 10/23). Tested: Daugaard, state Senate Maj. Leader Dave Knudson, rancher Ken Knuppe and ex-Brookings Mayor Scott Munsterman.

Primary Election Matchup
D. Daugaard    26%
D. Knudson      9
S. Munsterman   6
K. Knuppe       3
Undec          55

Fav/Unfav
M. Rounds      83%/ 8%
D. Daugaard    32 / 1
D. Knudson     26 / 7
S. Munsterman  10 / 3
K. Knuppe       8 / 3

Direction Of SD
Right dir.     69%
Wrong dir.     22