Poll Watch: Rasmussen Indiana Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen Indiana Senatorial Survey

• Dan Coats (R) 52% {50%} [50%] (51%) {47%} [51%] (54%) {49%} [46%]
• Brad Ellsworth (D) 34% {34%} [29%] (30%) {33%} [36%] (33%) {34%} [32%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Dan Coats 55% {56%} [57%] (60%) {56%} [57%] (61%) {53%} [54%] / 38% {35%} [29%] (22%) {25%} [27%] (21%) {30%} [27%] {+17%}
• Brad Ellsworth 36% {38%} [39%] (42%) {37%} [43%] (40%) {43%} [35%] / 49% {44%} [39%] (29%) {33%} [35%] (37%) {33%} [29%] {-13%}

How would you rate the job Mitch Daniels has been doing as Governor?

• Strongly approve 46% {40%} [26%] (27%) {23%} [25%] (25%) {35%} [36%] (35%)
• Somewhat approve 29% {30%} [39%] (39%) {35%} [35%] (35%) {34%} [34%] (35%)
• Somewhat disapprove 10% {17%} [16%] (18%) {22%} [18%] (16%) {17%} [15%] (17%)
• Strongly disapprove 14% {10%} [17%] (13%) {16%} [20%] (22%) {13%} [12%] (12%)

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

• Strongly approve 24% [19%] (20%) {20%} [23%] (19%) {23%} [19%] (20%)
• Somewhat approve 17% [20%] (23%) {21%} [20%] (20%) {16%} [25%] (23%)
• Somewhat disapprove 6% [13%] (11%) {13%} [12%] (13%) {13%} [11%] (15%)
• Strongly disapprove 52% [47%] (45%) {45%} [44%] (47%) {47%} [43%] (41%)

Survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted October 20-21, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 45% {46%} Republican; 31% {34%} Democrat; 23% {20%} Independent/Other.  Results from the poll conducted September 14-15, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-5, 7, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 7-8, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 2-3, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 5-6, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 13-14, 2010 are in curly brackets.   Results from the poll conducted March 17-18, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 16-17, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 21 & 24, 2010 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Eighty-two percent (82%) of Indiana Republican voters support Coats. Ellsworth picks up 74% support from the state's Democrats, while voters not affiliated with either major political party prefer Coats by 12 points.