Poll Watch: Pulse/Rasmussen/Fox News West Virginia Senatorial Special Election Survey

Pulse/Rasmussen/Fox News West Virginia Senatorial Special Election Survey

• John Raese (R) 48% [48%]
• Joe Manchin (D) 45% [43%] 
• Other 2% [3%]
• Not sure 4% [6%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Joe Manchin 69% [65%] / 23% [26%] {+46%}
• John Raese 40% [42%] / 44% [37%] {-4%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Manchin is doing as Governor?

• Approve 69% [66%]
• Disapprove 21% [24%]

Regardless of how you plan to vote, is John Raese a true West Virginian, or not?

• Yes 42%
• No 37%
• Not sure 22%

Regardless of how you plan to vote, is Joe Manchin a true West Virginian, or not?

• Yes 79%
• No 9%
• Not sure 13%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?

• Approve 27% [29%]
• Disapprove 63% [65%]

Have the policies of the Obama administration helped or hurt West Virginia’s economy, or have they not made much of a difference either way?

• Helped 13% [12%]
• Hurt 62% [55%]
• Not made much of a difference 22% [28%]

Have you personally been helped or hurt by the Obama administration’s economic policies?

• Helped 11%
• Hurt 51%
• Not made much of a difference 36%

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted October 16, 2010.  The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 2, 2010 are in parentheses.