NEW JERSEY SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday December 7, 2005

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Daily Snapshot

 

1* Thinking ahead to 2006, if the election for New Jersey’s  next United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Tom Kean, Jr. or for Democrat Bob Menendez?

 

                                34% Kean

38% Menendez    

                                  9% some other candidate

                                18% not sure

See Crosstabs for this question

 

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

 

 

Kean

Menendez

Corzine

Codey

Favorable

35%

27%

44%

59%

Unfavorable

16%

24%

36%

16%

Not sure

49%

49%

21%

25%

 

3* In political terms, is Tom Kean, Jr. conservative, moderate, or liberal?

 

                18% conservative

                37% moderate

                4% liberal

                40% not sure

 

4* In political terms, is Bob Menendez conservative, moderate, or liberal?

 

                4% conservative

                21% moderate

                27& liberal

                48% not sure

 

5* 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?

 

25% strongly approve

17% somewhat approve

16% somewhat disapprove

42% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

6* How would you rate the job Jon Corzine has been doing as Governor-elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

                                15% strongly approve

                                36% somewhat approve

                                20% somewhat disapprove

                                19% strongly disapprove

                                10% not sure

 

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

15% excellent

21% good

20% fair

43% poor

                                  0% not sure

 

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

14% excellent

19% good

16% fair

50% poor

                                  0% 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?

 

35% immigration

52% situation in Iraq

  8% some other issue

  5% 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?

 

                                59% favor

                                26%oppose

                                15% not sure

Additional Crosstabs information

 

Crosstabs by Ballot Preference

Crosstabs by Gender – Race

Crosstabs by Party - Ideology

Crosstabs by Religious Affiliation

Crosstabs by Age

Crosstabs by Income

Crosstabs by Employment

Crosstabs by Married – Children at Home

Crosstabs by Immigration Topics

 

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