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Survey of 500 Likely Voters November 28, 2005
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December 1, 2005--The race to replace Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack might be one of the nation's more interesting campaigns over the coming year. Democrat Chet Culver leads Republican Jim Nussle by 3 percentage points, 41% to 38%. Congressman Nussle is in a slightly better position when matched against two other Democratic candidates--Mike Blouin and Patty Judge. Nussle leads both of those candidate by 3 percentage points. Still, with a year to go and a 4.5 percentage point margin of sampling error, the race must be considered a toss-up at this time. [NOTE: CrossTabs and data for other questions is available for Premium Members] During Election 2006, Rasmussen Reports will poll at least once a month in every Senate and Governors' race. Our Election 2006 coverage will include more frequent measurement of competitive races. [More Below]
Vilsack, the outgoing Governor with Presidential aspirations, is viewed favorably by 61% of Iowa voters. Nussle is viewed favorably by 49%, while 47% have that view of Culver. For Blouin and Judge, the favorable ratings total 39% each. Just 36% of Iowa voters give President Bush good or excellent marks for handling the situation in Iraq. Fourteen percent (14%) say fair while 50% say the President is doing a poor job in Iraq. Forty-eight percent (48%) of Iowa voters say insuring a peaceful, free, and stable Iraq remains a higher priority than bringing home the troops as soon as possible. Forty-three percent (43%) take the opposite view and say getting the troops home should be the top priority. Nationally, 53% say bringing home the troops is more important. When asked to choose whether Iraq or immigration would be more important as a voting issue, 59% name Iraq while 30% said immigration. [NOTE: CrossTabs and data for other questions is available for Premium Members. Results are available by Age, Gender, Party, Religious Affiliation, Bush Approval, Employment Status, and more.] During Election 2004, Rasmussen Reports projected that Bush and Kerry would end up tied in Iowa and they ended up just half a percentage point apart. President Bush ended up winning by 10,000 votes out of a million and a half. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports November 28, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology). |
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