CALIFORNIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday December 8, 2005

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Daily Snapshot

 

1* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor of California, suppose that Republicans nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats nominate Phil Angelides. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Phil Angelides?

 

                                40% Schwarzenegger

44% Angelides    

                                  8% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

See Crosstabs for this question

 

2* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor of California, suppose that Republicans nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats nominate Steve Westly. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Steve Westly?

 

                                39% Schwarzenegger

46% Westly         

                                  9% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

See Crosstabs for this question

 

3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

 

 

Bush

Sch’egger

Angelides

Westly

Feinstein

Very favorable

26%

20%

11%

10%

26%

Somewhat favorable

15%

23%

26%

28%

23%

Somewhat unfavorable

11%

23%

21%

19%

12%

Very unfavorable

46%

32%

16%

13%

30%

Not sure

  3%

  1%

28%

30%

  8%

 

4* 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?

 

27% strongly approve

14% somewhat approve

  9% somewhat disapprove

48% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

5* How would you rate the job Arnold Schwarzenegger has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

                                22% strongly approve

                                21% somewhat approve

                                18% somewhat disapprove

                                37% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

6* Okay…how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

21% excellent

16% good

17% fair

44% poor

                                  2% not sure

 

7* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

21% excellent

15% good

10% fair

53% poor

                                  1% not sure

 

8* Next… Which is more important, getting American troops home as soon as possible or making sure that Iraq becomes a peaceful nation enjoying freedom and democracy?

 

45%getting troops home

49% making sure that Iraq becomes peaceful nation

  7% not sure

 

9* When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U.S. Senate race next year, which issue is more important… immigration, or the situation in Iraq?

 

37% immigration

53% situation in Iraq

  5% some other issue

  4% not sure

 

10* A proposal has been made to build a barrier along the U.S. - Mexican border. Do you favor or oppose building a barrier to help reduce illegal immigration?

 

                                50% favor

                                41% oppose

                                  4% not sure

Additional Cross Tabs information

 

Crosstabs by Gender – Married – Children at Home

Crosstabs by Party - Ideology

Crosstabs by Religious Affiliation

Crosstabs by Income

Crosstabs by Employment

Crosstabs by Age

Crosstabs by Iraq Priority

Crosstabs by More important issue

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.