Virginia Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: December 7, 2005
3* In the 2006 election for the U.S. Senate, Republican George Allen is likely to face one of
four Democratic challengers. Suppose the Democrats nominate Chap Peterson…If the election were held today,
would you vote for Republican George Allen or for Democrat Chap Peterson?
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	Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age
	All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conser've	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+
Allen	57%	86%	31%	48%	80%	42%	25%	66%	62%	52%	47%	67%	61%	54%	54%
Peterson	26%	10%	45%	26%	14%	28%	55%	19%	24%	28%	40%	10%	26%	29%	29%
Other	6%	2%	10%	5%	4%	7%	6%	7%	4%	7%	5%	9%	2%	5%	7%
Not Sure	11%	2%	15%	21%	2%	23%	15%	8%	9%	13%	9%	13%	11%	12%	10%
	Total	More Important				Religious Affiliation				Married		Children at Home
	All Voters	Immigration	Iraq	Other	Not Sure	Evangelical Christian	Protestant	Catholic	Other	Yes	No	Yes	No
Allen	57%	78%	41%	58%	70%	68%	59%	58%	48%	59%	46%	53%	57%
Peterson	26%	15%	35%	22%	21%	22%	22%	26%	32%	25%	33%	29%	25%
Other	6%	3%	9%	1%	0%	4%	5%	7%	7%	3%	13%	3%	7%
Not Sure	11%	4%	14%	19%	10%	6%	14%	9%	13%	13%	8%	15%	10%
	Total	Income							Bush Approval
	All Voters	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Strongly Approve	Somewhat Approve	Somewhat Disapprove	Strongly Disapprove	Not Sure
Allen	57%	50%	53%	58%	59%	65%	60%	33%	93%	61%	40%	23%	0%
Peterson	26%	35%	24%	21%	29%	22%	26%	41%	5%	31%	21%	46%	65%
Other	6%	12%	5%	6%	5%	2%	4%	4%	0%	0%	5%	14%	0%
Not Sure	11%	2%	17%	16%	7%	11%	10%	22%	2%	8%	34%	17%	35%
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