October 7-10, 2010: NPR Poll—Nationwide poll of likely voters solicits reactions to statements from Republican and Democratic Congressional candidates.
“(Next, I am going to read you some pairs of statementsabout what the two (2010) candidates (for United States Congress) in yourdistrict might say on some key issues. After I read each pair, please tell mewhich statement comes closest to your own view, even if neither is exactlyright.)…First statement: Name of Republican candidate might say ‘Raisingtaxes in a bad economy is the wrong thing to do. Yes, name of Democraticcandidate supports job-killing tax hikes. One party control of Washington hasalready piled on more spending and debt for now and the future. Now theDemocrats want to increase taxes to pay for their spending binge. They have cutMedicare and are trying to scare seniors about Social Security. I say it istime for a new direction. Let’s stop Washington from targeting middle class familiesand small businesses so we can turn our country around.’ Second statement: Nameof Democratic candidate might say ‘In these tough times, it is critical thatour priority be the middle class and permanent middle class tax cuts. Name ofRepublican candidate starts at the top. Cuts taxes for Goldman Sachs, therichest two percent and companies that export American jobs. To pay for it, theofficial Republican budget cuts programs paid for by the middle class. It wouldend guaranteed benefit levels for Social Security and end Medicare as we knowit. I’ll take a different approach, with tax cuts for small business and newAmerican industries that create jobs to turn our economy around for the middleclass.’…Which statement comes closest to your own opinion? (IfRepublican/Democratic statement, ask:) And do you feel strongly about that, ornot so strongly?”
37% Republicancandidate statement strongly
12% Republicancandidate statement not so strongly
12% Democraticcandidate statement not so strongly
32% Democraticcandidate statement strongly
5% Don’tknow
2% Refused
Subpopulation/Note: .
Survey by National Public Radio.Methodology: Conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research & PublicOpinion Strategies, October 7 – October 10, 2010 and based on 1,200 telephoneinterviews. Sample: national likely voters. National likely voters areregistered voters who voted in the 2008 election/weren’tregistered/ineligible/too young to vote and said they are probably or almostcertain to vote in the 2010 election. [USGREEN.10NPROCT.R15]
Formal Citation
NPR Poll, Oct, 2010. RetrievedNov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public OpinionResearch, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html