MINNESOTA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday December 14, 2005
1* In the 2006 election for Minnesota’s next United States Senator, Republican Mark Kennedy is likely to face one of four Democratic challengers. Suppose the Democrats nominate Amy Klobuchar… If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Amy Klobuchar?
41% Kennedy
48% Klobuchar
2% some other candidate
9% not sure
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2* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Patty Wetterling? If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Patty Wetterling?
43% Kennedy
47% Wetterling
3% some other candidate
7% not sure
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3* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Ford Bell? If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Ford Bell?
45% Kennedy
35% Bell
5% some other candidate
14% not sure
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4* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Mike Ciresi? If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Mike Ciresi?
43% Kennedy
40% Ciresi
5% some other candidate
12% not sure
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5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Kennedy |
Ciresi |
Wetterling |
Bell |
Klobuchar |
Pawlenty |
|
Very favorable |
21% |
8% |
25% |
4% |
26% |
34% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
32% |
32% |
28% |
28% |
29% |
24% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
17% |
25% |
22% |
24% |
18% |
19% |
|
Very unfavorable |
18% |
11% |
19% |
13% |
11% |
21% |
|
Not sure |
11% |
24% |
6% |
32% |
16% |
3% |
6* Okay…how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
19% excellent
20% good
18% fair
42% poor
1% not sure
7* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
19% excellent
18% good
11% fair
50% 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?
40%getting troops home
51% making sure that Iraq becomes peaceful nation
9% 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?
27% immigration
62% situation in Iraq
7% some other issue
4% 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?
30% strongly approve
14% somewhat approve
9% somewhat disapprove
45% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
11* How would you rate the job Tim Pawlenty has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
27% strongly approve
28% somewhat approve
23% somewhat disapprove
20% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
Additional Cross Tabs information
Crosstabs by Gender – Married – Children at Home
Crosstabs by Religious Affiliation
Crosstabs by More important issue
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.