MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday November 16, 2005
1* Thinking about the election for the United States Senate, suppose that Republicans nominate Michael Steele and Democrats nominate Ben Cardin. If the election for the United States Senate were held today, would you vote for Michael Steele or for Ben Cardin?
41% Steele
49% Cardin
3% some other candidate
7% not sure
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2* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Kweisi Mfume? If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Steele or for Democrat Kweisi Mfume?
45% Steele
44% Mfume
6% some other candidate
6% not sure
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3* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor, suppose that Republicans nominate Bob Ehrlich and Democrats nominate Martin O’Malley. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Ehrlich or for Democrat Martin O’Malley?
40% Ehrlich
46% O’Malley
4% some other candidate
10% not sure
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4* What if the Democrats nominate Doug Duncan? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Ehrlich or for Democrat Doug Duncan?
39% Ehrlich
48% Duncan
5% some other candidate
9% not sure
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5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Ehrlich |
O’Malley |
Duncan |
Steele |
Cardin |
Mfume |
|
Favorable |
48% |
53% |
39% |
46% |
36% |
41% |
|
Unfavorable |
37% |
28% |
32% |
33% |
31% |
43% |
|
Not sure |
15% |
19% |
29% |
21% |
33% |
15% |
6* The President recently nominated Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court. Should the Senate confirm Samuel Alito’s appointment to the Supreme Court?
36% yes
37% no
27% not sure
7* Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion Judge Alito?
44% favorable
36% unfavorable
20% not sure
8* How would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy?
16% excellent
18% good
16% fair
47% poor
2% not sure
9* On the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice?
29% pro-life
64% pro-choice
7% not sure
10* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
26% strongly approve
11% somewhat approve
10% somewhat disapprove
51% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
11* How would you rate the job Bob Ehrlich has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
24% strongly approve
34% somewhat approve
20% somewhat disapprove
18% strongly disapprove
3% not sure
Additional Cross Tabs information
Crosstabs by Confirm Judge Alito
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.