Poll Watch: Rasmussen North Dakota Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen North Dakota Senatorial Survey

• John Hoeven (R) 68% [69%] {69%} (73%) [72%] {69%} (68%) [71%]
• Tracy Potter (D) 25% [25%] {22%} (19%) [23%] {24%} (25%) [17%]
• Some Other Candidate 2% [1%] {2%} (2%) [2%] {2%} (2%) [4%]
• Not Sure 5% [5%] {7%} (6%) [3%] {5%} (5%)  [8%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• John Hoeven 81% [83%] {82%} (86%) [85%] {82%} (83%) [83%] / 17% [13%] {15%} (13%) [12%] {16%} (14%) [12%] {+64%}
• Tracy Potter 36% [36%] {41%} (37%) [38%] {43%} (40%) [37%] / 39% [43%] {35%} (38%) [33%] {31%} (29%) [32%] {-3%}

How would you rate the job John Hoeven has been doing as Governor?

• Strongly approve 53% [52%] {57%} (57%) [52%] {51%} (50%) [60%]
• Somewhat approve 31% [32%] {30%} (31%) [35%] {32%} (35%) [25%]
• Somewhat disapprove 11% [12%] {7%} (10%) [9%] {9%} (10%) [10%]
• Strongly disapprove 5% [4%] {4%} (3%) [3%] {6%} (5%) [2%]

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

• Strongly approve 20% [23%] {23%} (21%) [23%] {27%} (25%) [19%]
• Somewhat approve 17% [19%] {17%} (20%) [18%] {17%} (19%) [20%]
• Somewhat disapprove 11% [10%] {13%} (11%) [13%] {8%} (13%) [13%]
• Strongly disapprove 51% [48%] {46%} (47%) [44%] {46%} (42%) [45%]

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 20-21, 2010.  The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 37% Republican; 25% Democrat; 38% Independent/Other. Results from the poll conducted August 10, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted Juy 21, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 15-16, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 18-19, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 20, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 23, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 9-10, 2010 are in square brackets.

Inside the numbers:

Hoeven is favored by 92% of voters in his own party.  Sixty-seven percent (67%) of North Dakota Democrats support Potter.  Among voters not affiliated with either political party, the Republican leads his challenger by just over 50-points.