Question:

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job that President Barack Obama is doing?

34% Approve
62% Disapprove
4% Don’t Know

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Sen. Mark Pryor is doing?

34% Approve
48% Disapprove
18% Don’t Know

Q. Who do you blame most for the federal government shutdown?

40% President Obama and the Democrats
35% Republicans in Congress
24% Both are equally to blame
1% Don’t Know

Q. If the 2014 race for U.S. Senate was a contest between Democratic Senator Mark Pryor and Republican Congressman Tom Cotton and the election were today, for whom would you vote?

42% Mark Pryor
41% Tom Cotton
17% Don’t Know

About this Poll

This survey was conducted by Talk Business Research and Hendrix College on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. The poll, which has a margin of error of +/-4%, was completed using IVR survey technology among 603 Arkansas frequent voters statewide.

Approximately 25.7% of the voters in our sample were contacted via cell phone. This is in response to the increased reliance by voters on cell phones.

All media outlets are welcome to reprint, reproduce, or rebroadcast information from this poll with proper attribution to Talk Business and Hendrix College.

For interviews, contact Talk Business executive editor Roby Brock by email at roby@talkbusiness.net or Dr. Jay Barth by email at barth@hendrix.edu.