West Virginia Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters Conducted October 23, 2010 By Pulse Opinion Research for FOX News 1* If the 2010 election for United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican John Raese or Democrat Joe Manchin? 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 John Raese (R) 48% 48% 48% Joe Manchin (D) 43% 45% 46% Some other candidate 3% 2% 3% Not sure 6% 4% 3% Total Raese Manchin Certain 90% 90% 91% Could change mind 8% 9% 7% Not sure 2% 1% 2% 2* Is one reason for your support for John Raese because you would prefer Joe Manchin to remain as West Virginia’s governor? 12% Your support for Raese is entirely because you want to keep Manchin as governor 15% Your support for Raese is partially to keep Manchin as governor 62% Keeping Manchin as governor has nothing to do with your senate vote 10% You want Manchin out as governor as well as 1% Not sure 3* Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president? 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Approve 29% 27% 29% Disapprove 65% 63% 65% Not sure 6% 10% 5% 4* Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Manchin is doing as governor? 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Approve 66% 69% 69% Disapprove 24% 21% 23% Not sure 10% 9% 8% 5* Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of John Raese? If you’ve never heard of him that’s okay just let me know. 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Favorable 42% 40% 43% Unfavorable 37% 44% 45% Never heard of him 7% 4% 4% Not sure 14% 11% 8% 6* Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Joe Manchin? If you’ve never heard of him that’s okay just let me know. 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Favorable 65% 69% 69% Unfavorable 26% 23% 27% Never heard of him 1% 1% 0% Not sure 9% 7% 4% 7* Regardless of how you plan to vote, does Joe Manchin agree with Barack Obama on issues too often, not often enough or about the right amount? 54% Too often 8% Not often enough 32% About the right amount 7% Not sure 8* Regardless of how you plan to vote, are you concerned John Raese is out of touch with West Virginia families and their problems? 50% Yes 39% No 11% Not sure 9* Which of the following best describes how the policies of the Obama administration will affect your vote for SENATE this year? 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Express support for Obama administration policies 20% 18% 18% Express opposition to Obama administration policies 60% 59% 58% Not be a factor in your vote 16% 19% 21% Not sure 3% 4% 3% 10* Overall, which comes closest to your feelings about the way the federal government is working -- enthusiastic, satisfied, but not enthusiastic, dissatisfied, but not angry, or angry? 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Enthusiastic 6% 6% 5% Satisfied but not enthusiastic 19% 17% 19% Dissatisfied but not angry 34% 37% 32% Angry 41% 39% 43% Not sure 1% 1% 1% 11* 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? 10/02/10 10/16/10 10/23/10 Helped 12% 13% 15% Hurt 55% 62% 59% Not made much of a difference 28% 22% 22% Not sure 4% 4% 4% 12* In the long run, will Barack Obama’s policies help the country or hurt the country? 27% Help 64% Hurt 6% Not make much of a difference 4% Not sure 13* Which one of the following comes closest to what you would like Congress to do with the health care law that was passed earlier this year -- repeal the law entirely, repeal just parts of it, leave it as it is, or expand the law? 10/16/10 10/23/10 Repeal the health care law entirely 49% 47% Repeal just parts of the law 26% 29% Leave the health care law as it is 9% 7% Expand the health care law 12% 14% Not sure 4% 3% 14* Every election, the television networks conduct exit polls of people as they leave their polling places on Election Day. If you were asked to participate, how likely is it you would be willing to spend 10 minutes filling out a questionnaire? 43% Very likely 28% Somewhat likely 20% Not very likely 7% Not at all likely 2% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence .