| Overall, would you say that things in the North Carolina are headed in the right direction, or would you say they are headed off on the wrong track? | |
| Right Direction | 30% |
| Wrong Track | 57% |
| Not Sure | 13% |
| If the election for north carolina state legislature were held today, for whom would you be more likely to vote - a Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate? | |
| Republican | 41% |
| Democratic | 39% |
| Not Sure | 20% |
| What is the most important issue facing the north carolina today | |
| Unemployment/Jobs | 39% |
| Economy | 16% |
| Healthcare | 11% |
| Education | 7% |
| Taxes/Budget/Spending | 14% |
| Other | 8% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
| Now, I am going to read you a list of names. Will you please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each person? If you have no opinion or have never heard of the person, just say so. "Barack Obama" |
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| Very Favorable | 37% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 12% |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 10% |
| Very Unfavorable | 37% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| "Bev Perdue" | |
| Very Favorable | 15% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 22% |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 18% |
| Very Unfavorable | 32% |
| Not Sure | 13% |
| "Mike Easley" | |
| Very Favorable | 12% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 17% |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 12% |
| Very Unfavorable | 36% |
| Not Sure | 23% |
| Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Barack Obama is doing as president? | |
| Strongly Approve | 33% |
| Somewhat Approve | 17% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 37% |
| Not Sure | 2% |
| Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the job that bev perdue is doing as governor? | |
| Strongly Approve | 12% |
| Somewhat Approve | 31% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 17% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 32% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
| Would you say bev perdue is a liberal, moderate or conservative in her political beliefs? | |
| Liberal | 42% |
| Moderate | 31% |
| Conservative | 9% |
| Not Sure | 18% |
| In general, are you most concerned about economic issues, like taxes, the budget, the economy and jobs; social issues like education, social security, the environment and health care; world affairs and national security issues such as the war in iraq, terrorism, illegal immigration and border security, or moral issues like abortion, school prayer, and gay marriage? | |
| Economic Issues | 56% |
| Social Issues | 21% |
| Moral Issues | 13% |
| World Affairs/National Security | 7% |
| Not Sure | 3% |
| Do you approve or disapprove of the health care plan being proposed by Barack Obama and Congress? | |
| Strongly Approve | 23% |
| Somewhat Approve | 17% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 6% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 44% |
| Not Sure | 10% |
| From the following list, which best describes your level of support for President Barack Obama's agenda for our country? | |
| Support 100% | 19% |
| Support Most of It | 22% |
| Support More Than Oppose | 9% |
| Oppose More Than Support | 15% |
| Oppose Most of It | 14% |
| Oppose 100% | 19% |
| Not Sure | 2% |
| From the following list, which best describes your level of support for governor bev perdue's agenda for north carolina? | |
| Support 100% | 7% |
| Support Most of It | 18% |
| Support More Than Oppose | 17% |
| Oppose More Than Support | 19% |
| Oppose Most of It | 17% |
| Oppose 100% | 11% |
| Not Sure | 11% |
| if the election were held today, which one of the following best describes how you are likely to vote in the election for united states senate between Richard Burr, the Republican candidate, and Elaine Marshall, the Democratic candidate? | |
| Definitely Burr | 33% |
| Probably Burr | 8% |
| Lean Burr | 3% |
| Definitely Marshall | 18% |
| Probably Marshall | 9% |
| Lean Marshall | 6% |
| Not Sure | 23% |
| Which party do you think can best handle each of the following issues: "Creating jobs and improving the economy" |
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| Democrats | 38% |
| Republicans | 36% |
| Both | 6% |
| Neither | 13% |
| Not Sure | 7% |
| Which party do you think can best handle each of the following issues: "Improving public education" |
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| Democrats | 44% |
| Republicans | 33% |
| Both | 4% |
| Neither | 10% |
| Not Sure | 9% |
| Which party do you think can best handle each of the following issues: "Fighting corruption and restoring honesty and integrity to North Carolina state government" |
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| Democrats | 29% |
| Republicans | 32% |
| Both | 8% |
| Neither | 22% |
| Not Sure | 9% |
| Which party do you think can best handle each of the following issues: "Controlling spending and holding the line on taxes" |
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| Democrats | 27% |
| Republicans | 43% |
| Both | 5% |
| Neither | 17% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Governor Bev Perdue spending $80,000 to go on a trade mission to Japan and China" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 9% |
| Somewhat Approve | 12% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 14% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 58% |
| Not Sure | 7% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Allowing illegal immigrants to enroll in North Carolina community colleges" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 11% |
| Somewhat Approve | 14% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 12% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 58% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Granting millions of dollars in tax breaks to companies, like Dell, to locate in North Carolina" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 19% |
| Somewhat Approve | 26% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 14% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 30% |
| Not Sure | 11% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Changing sex education laws in North Carolina to allow 5th graders to be taught that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 11% |
| Somewhat Approve | 9% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 10% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 65% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Giving tax credits to parents of special needs children to allow them to send their kids to private schools" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 41% |
| Somewhat Approve | 28% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 7% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 15% |
| Not Sure | 9% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Allowing people who have been convicted of drunk driving four times to get their driver's license back" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 3% |
| Somewhat Approve | 4% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 9% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 80% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Increasing the gas tax by 2 cents per gallon" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 6% |
| Somewhat Approve | 11% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 67% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "allowing convicted murderers to challenge a death sentence by claiming race was a factor in sentencing" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 9% |
| Somewhat Approve | 11% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 9% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 62% |
| Not Sure | 9% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Requiring state employees who smoke or who are overweight to pay more for their health insurance" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 16% |
| Somewhat Approve | 17% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 13% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 44% |
| Not Sure | 10% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Cutting state employee pay by one-half of a percent in order to help close a state budget deficit" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 21% |
| Somewhat Approve | 16% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 13% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 45% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Raising the state sales tax by a one cent and raising taxes by $1.1 billion dollars" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 12% |
| Somewhat Approve | 10% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 63% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Cutting teacher pay by one-half of a percent in order to help close a state budget deficit" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 7% |
| Somewhat Approve | 8% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 13% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 66% |
| Not Sure | 6% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Raising the state sales tax by a one cent and raising taxes by $992 million dollars" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 8% |
| Somewhat Approve | 12% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 9% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 63% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
| Would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each of the following? "Allowing illegal immigrants to enroll in North Carolina community colleges" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 11% |
| Somewhat Approve | 14% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 12% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 58% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
| Do you support or oppose a plan by the general assembly that would reform the state's tax code by lowering the state's sales and income taxes but would begin charging sales tax on services like auto repair, home repair and warranties? | |
| Strongly Support | 12% |
| Somewhat Support | 16% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 14% |
| Strongly Oppose | 45% |
| Not Sure | 13% |
| Do you support or oppose the death penalty for convicted murderers? | |
| Strongly Support | 50% |
| Somewhat Support | 18% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 7% |
| Strongly Oppose | 17% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
| How closely have you been following the news stories regarding the scandals of former Governor Mike Easley and his wife's job at North Carolina State University? | |
| Very Closely | 21% |
| Somewhat Closely | 46% |
| Not Closely at All | 29% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| Given your knowledge of the scandals involving former Gov. Mike Easley, would you say that it will make you more likely or less likely to vote for a Democratic candidate in North Carolina? if it would not make a difference, just say so. | |
| Much More Likely | 3% |
| Somewhat More Likely | 2% |
| Somewhat Less Likely | 3% |
| Much Less likely | 16% |
| No Difference | 70% |
| Not Sure | 6% |
| Regarding the governments role in the economy, which of the following opinions comes closest to your own personal opinion? 1. (some/other) people think the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses. 2. (other/some) people think that government should be more involved in solving our country's problems. |
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| Do Too Many Things | 61% |
| More Involved | 31% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
| When it comes to improving education, which of the following could the governor and the state legislature do that would help the most? | |
| Reduce Class Size | 22% |
| Increase Teacher Pay | 20% |
| Classroom Discipline | 17% |
| Competency Exams | 14% |
| Give Parents More Choices | 12% |
| Increase Days in School Year | 4% |
| Raise Drop Out Age to 18 | 4% |
| Not Sure | 7% |
| If legislators must make education cuts would you prefer teacher layoffs or increased class sizes? | |
| Teacher Layoffs | 8% |
| Class Size Increases | 67% |
| Not Sure | 25% |
| All things being equal, between the following two candidates for the state legislature, for whom are you more likely to vote? 1. a candidate who voted to raise taxes to protect education funding, or, 2. a candidate who voted to cut education funding to avoid raising taxes |
|
| Raise Taxes | 59% |
| Cut Education Funding | 28% |
| Not Sure | 13% |
| When you think about state spending which bothers you more earmarks, pork-barrel spending, or wasteful spending? | |
| Wasteful Spending | 67% |
| Pork-Barrel Projects | 19% |
| Earmarks | 9% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
Which of the following examples of state spending do you think is most wasteful?
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| Pirate Ship | 35% |
| Fishing Pier | 24% |
| Crab-pots | 11% |
| Cooking School | 9% |
| Visitor's Center | 7% |
| Not Sure | 14% |
| when you think about the new state budget, what part bothers you most? 1. the state increasing taxes by $1 billion including increases in the income tax, sales tax and taxes on small businesses, 2. the cutting education funding by $255 million dollars including, laying off over 6000 teachers and raising class sizes, or, 3. wasteful spending on pork-barrel projects like a $25 million dollar fishing pier. |
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| Pork-barrel projects | 50% |
| Cut education funding | 29% |
| Increasing taxes | 17% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| which of the following best describes the effect of the economy on your personal or family's finances? | |
| Getting Better | 9% |
| About the Same | 42% |
| Getting Worse | 47% |
| Not Sure | 2% |
| When it comes to you and your family's own personal finances, which of the following would help you and your family the most? | |
| Create jobs/economy | 24% |
| Lower state taxes | 17% |
| Lower property taxes | 16% |
| Increase Salaries | 15% |
| Health Care Affordable | 12% |
| Save For Retirement | 5% |
| College Affordable | 4% |
| Public Works Projects | 4% |
| Don't Know | 3% |
| If you had to choose only one, which of the following tax increases would have the greatest negative financial impact on you and your family's financial well-being? An increase in the... | |
| Income Tax | 45% |
| Gas tax | 30% |
| Sales tax | 20% |
| Not Sure | 5% |
| In your opinion, how long will it take for the economy to improve and for the recession to end? | |
| Less Than 6 Months | 3% |
| 6 Months to 1 Year | 15% |
| a year to 2 years | 28% |
| Over 2 Years | 50% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| When thinking about the economy, which of the following do you think is the best indicator to determine if things are improving? | |
| Lower unemployment | 63% |
| Stock market rising | 10% |
| Your taxes going down | 8% |
| Your income going up | 6% |
| Home prices going up | 5% |
| Low Inflation | 4% |
| Not Sure | 4% |
| Now, I am going to read you facts about the recently passed state budget. For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "Raising the state corporate income tax on small businesses by 3 percent" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 9% |
| Somewhat Approve | 10% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 21% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 54% |
| Not Sure | 7% |
| Now, I am going to read you facts about the recently passed state budget. For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "Raising the state tax on beer and wine sales and raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents" |
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| Strongly Approve | 44% |
| Somewhat Approve | 21% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 8% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 21% |
| Not Sure | 6% |
| For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "The recently passed budget will layoff between 4,000 and 6,000 teachers" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 5% |
| Somewhat Approve | 4% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 15% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 70% |
| Not Sure | 6% |
| For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "The recently passed budget will increase the income tax by 2% on everyone making more than $60,000 dollars a year and by 3% on individuals making more than $100,000 a year" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 22% |
| Somewhat Approve | 18% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 12% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 49% |
| Not Sure | 9% |
| For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "The recently passed budget closes 7 prisons" |
|
| Strongly Approve | 7% |
| Somewhat Approve | 8% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 15% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 56% |
| Not Sure | 14% |
| Now, I am going to read you facts about the recently passed state budget. For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "The recently passed budget cuts education spending in the classroom by over $500 million dollars" |
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| Strongly Approve | 6% |
| Somewhat Approve | 6% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 16% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 64% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
| Now, I am going to read you facts about the recently passed state budget. For each of the following facts regarding the recently passed state budget, would you please tell me if you approve or disapprove of each? "Raising the state tax on beer and wine sales and raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents" |
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| Strongly Approve | 44% |
| Somewhat Approve | 21% |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 8% |
| Strongly Disapprove | 21% |
| Not Sure | 6% |
| Now, regarding the recently passed state budget, which of the following two opinions comes closest to your own personal opinion? 1. (some/other) people say the Democrats in the state legislature and the governor passed a responsible state budget that cut excess spending and wasteful programs. they say they made difficult ... 2. (other/some) people say the Democrats in the state legislature and the governor passed an irresponsible budget that cut millions of dollars from essential services, like education and ... |
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| Responsible | 26% |
| Irresponsible | 57% |
| Not Sure | 17% |
| Do you or does anyone in your household currently own a hand gun, rifle, shotgun or other firearm? | |
| Yes | 49% |
| No | 42% |
| Not Sure | 9% |
| On the issue of abortion, would you consider yourself to be pro-life or pro-choice? | |
| Pro-life | 49% |
| Pro-choice | 44% |
| Not Sure | 7% |
| Do you consider yourself to be part of the Evangelical Christian Conservative movement also known as the Religious Right? | |
| yes | 35% |
| no | 58% |
| Not Sure | 7% |