Poll Watch: Rasmussen Wyoming Gubernatorial Survey

Rasmussen Wyoming Gubernatorial Survey

• Matt Mead (R) 61% [58%] (49%) {44%}
• Leslie Petersen (D) 25% [24%] (22%) {25%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Matt Mead 67% [69%] (55%) {39%} / 19% [22%] (23%) {19%} {+48%}
• Leslie Petersen 42% [41%] (33%) / 25% [28%] (36%) {+17%}

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

• Strongly approve 18% [19%] (19%) {22%}
• Somewhat approve 14% [13%] (11%) {9%}
• Somewhat disapprove 9% [9%] (13%) {5%}
• Strongly disapprove 58% [58%] (57%) {63%}

How would you rate the job Dave Freudenthal has been doing as Governor?

• Strongly approve 29% [42%] (32%) {27%}
• Somewhat approve 44% [40%] (40%) {48%}
• Somewhat disapprove 17% [13%] (18%) {18%}
• Strongly disapprove 5% [5%] (7%) {5%}

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 30, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 49% Republican; 25% Democrat; 26% Independent/Other.  Results from the poll conducted August 18, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 22, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 25, 2010 are in curly brackets.

Inside the numbers:

Mead is favored by 84% of members in his own party.  Sixty-four percent (64%) of Democrats support Peterson.  Among voters not affiliated with either political party, Mead is ahead of Peterson by 37 points.