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Kansas Governor: Sebelius Lead
Expands Survey of 500 Likely Voters
March 29, 2006 Election 2006 Kansas Governor Election 2006 Kansas Governor
April 15, 2006--Kansas
Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) has expanded her lead against two
Republican challengers and, for the first time, moved above the 50% level
of voter support.
The incumbent now leads former state House Speaker Robin Jennison
51% to 32% (it was 47% to 36% a
month ago). She also leads State Senator Jim Barnett 50% to 37% (up
from 45% to 37% in our previous poll).. No Democrat in the very "Red" state of Kansas can take anything
for granted on Election Day. However, Sebelius is viewed favorably by 67% of likely voters
including 59% of Republicans. More than 30% of Republican voters currently
prefer her over each of the GOP challengers. While Sebelius is well known and well-liked, more than a third
of voters say they don't know enough about either of her challengers to
have an opinion.
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Members. [More Below] Fifty-three percent (53%) of Kansas voters say it's too
easy for a woman to get an abortion in the United States. Just 18% say
it's too hard. Sixty-three percent (63%) say abortion is morally wrong
most of the time. The rolling
average of the last three Rasmussen Reports election polls in Kansas shows
Sebelius ahead of Jennison 48% to 33%. She leads Barnett in the three-poll
average 46% to 36%.
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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 February 9, 2006. The margin of sampling error
for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95%
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