Raleigh, N.C. – Sign the Unemployment/No Government Shutdown bill is the message from voters to Democrat Governor Bev Perdue according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
According to the poll of 500 registered voters in that district, 53 percent said Perdue should sign the bill while 31 percent said she should veto the bill. 15 percent said they were not sure.
Voters also continue to disapprove of her performance with 52 percent disapproving of her performance and 40 percent approving. 8 percent said they were not sure. In a head to head match-up of the 2008 gubernatorial race, Pat McCrory has a 51% to 39% advantage among voters surveyed.
“Governor Perdue has a growing problem with each bill she vetoes,” said Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca. “Perdue alienates a few more voters with every veto, especially independents who want to see spending cut and see politicians get things accomplished,” added De Luca.
On the issue of charging state employees premiums for their health care insurance voters side with charging a fee by a 62% to 35% margin and against spending an additional $14 million to keep coverage free by 63% to 32%.
Perdue’s veto of the state employee health care bill could cost her in 2012 with 44 percent of voters saying it would make them less likely to vote for her and 20 percent saying it would make them more likely to vote for her.
For questions asked and full results and crosstabs from the poll, click here.
The survey of 500 registered voters was taken April 14 by SurveyUSA on behalf of the Civitas Institute using the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) method. It carries a margin of error of +/- 4.5%.
This SurveyUSA poll was conducted by telephone in the voice of a professional announcer. Respondent households were selected at random, using Random Digit Dialed (RDD) sample provided by Survey Sampling, of Fairfield CT. All respondents heard the questions asked identically. Where necessary, responses were weighted according to age, gender, ethnic origin, geographical area and number of adults and number of voice telephone lines in the household, so that the sample would reflect the actual demographic proportions in the population, using most recent U.S. Census estimates. In theory, with the stated sample size, one can say with 95% certainty that the results would not vary by more than the stated margin of sampling error, in one direction or the other, had the entire universe of respondents been interviewed with complete accuracy. There are other possible sources of error in all surveys that may be more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error. These include refusals to be interviewed, question wording and question order, weighting by demographic control data and the manner in which respondents are filtered (such as, determining who is a likely voter). It is difficult to quantify the errors that may result from these factors. Fieldwork for this survey was done by SurveyUSA of Clifton, NJ.
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We need to cut everything to the bone and cut some more. My family and I have had to tighten our belt how about everyone else.Times are tuff get over it.
We need to cut out wasteful spending. Everybody needs to help pay their own medical coverages and their own retirement. We also need to take away the right to vote if you are own welfare until you come off the welfare rolls! We need to spay or neuter those who breed for profit and can not support their children, but expect us to support them!Too long now some folks think they can buy votes by giving away free stuff. Well it ain’t free! Somebody has to pay for it and the general public (tax payers) are tired of being stuck with the bill. We also need to eliminate or greatly lower the tax on fuel. We also need to insist on the fuel companies using ethanol like South Carolina. Their gas usually runs about twenty cents a gallon cheaper than does NC gas. If these politicians will not do their jobs then they need to be sent packing!
The Republicans seem on the right track. Unemployment should be short term. Welfare has no connection with voting. Must have card I.D.