NATIONAL SURVEY of 1,000 likely voters
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
| National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted February 1, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Bush Approval | Direction of Country | Watch State of the Union | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | Source of Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Strongly Approve | Somewhat Approve | Somewhat Disapprove | Strongly Disapprove | Not Sure | Right Direction | Wrong Track | Not Sure | All | Most | Part | None | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Newspapers | Television | Radio | Internet | Family, Friends, Co-Workers | Not Sure | ||
| Rate State of the Union | Excellent | 27% | 44% | 13% | 22% | 44% | 18% | 11% | 26% | 66% | 14% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 60% | 5% | 17% | 34% | 28% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 66% | 4% | 60% | 6% | 25% | 36% | 25% | 27% | 24% | 42% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 30% | 33% | 25% | 20% | 30% |
| Good | 26% | 37% | 16% | 21% | 31% | 25% | 16% | 26% | 29% | 60% | 25% | 6% | 37% | 34% | 16% | 54% | 22% | 30% | 29% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 30% | 30% | 22% | 22% | 29% | 24% | 34% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 34% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 26% | 27% | 22% | 25% | 24% | 28% | 30% | 20% | 53% | |
| Fair | 26% | 13% | 38% | 31% | 15% | 30% | 38% | 32% | 4% | 22% | 60% | 41% | 41% | 5% | 41% | 23% | 22% | 27% | 34% | 0% | 0% | 27% | 26% | 31% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 27% | 4% | 39% | 5% | 39% | 31% | 26% | 22% | 26% | 31% | 18% | 26% | 28% | 31% | 34% | 27% | 20% | 19% | 29% | 12% | |
| Poor | 20% | 6% | 31% | 25% | 10% | 25% | 31% | 14% | 1% | 0% | 10% | 51% | 22% | 1% | 35% | 4% | 21% | 14% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 20% | 14% | 17% | 17% | 24% | 21% | 1% | 31% | 1% | 32% | 24% | 20% | 17% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 21% | 20% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 19% | 22% | 30% | 5% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Bush Approval | Direction of Country | Watch State of the Union | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | Source of Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Strongly Approve | Somewhat Approve | Somewhat Disapprove | Strongly Disapprove | Not Sure | Right Direction | Wrong Track | Not Sure | All | Most | Part | None | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Newspapers | Television | Radio | Internet | Family, Friends, Co-Workers | Not Sure | ||
| Source of Information | Newspapers | 20% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 14% | 23% | 22% | 20% | 16% | 13% | 19% | 25% | 13% | 16% | 22% | 17% | 20% | 17% | 20% | 20% | 12% | 24% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 16% | 21% | 16% | 21% | 20% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 15% | 20% | 27% | 18% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Television | 53% | 51% | 59% | 45% | 58% | 54% | 46% | 45% | 53% | 58% | 60% | 47% | 62% | 55% | 51% | 58% | 55% | 58% | 56% | 41% | 60% | 44% | 60% | 54% | 47% | 46% | 54% | 63% | 53% | 52% | 55% | 51% | 54% | 49% | 49% | 65% | 49% | 56% | 57% | 50% | 49% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Radio | 13% | 15% | 8% | 17% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 18% | 18% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 15% | 12% | 9% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 23% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 13% | 8% | 18% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 16% | 10% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Internet | 9% | 9% | 6% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 3% | 11% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 0% | 11% | 7% | 13% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 11% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Family, Friends, Co-Workers | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Bush Approval | Direction of Country | Watch State of the Union | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | Source of Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Strongly Approve | Somewhat Approve | Somewhat Disapprove | Strongly Disapprove | Not Sure | Right Direction | Wrong Track | Not Sure | All | Most | Part | None | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Newspapers | Television | Radio | Internet | Family, Friends, Co-Workers | Not Sure | ||
| Gas Prices in Six Months | Higher | 53% | 43% | 63% | 55% | 45% | 60% | 59% | 50% | 33% | 43% | 62% | 73% | 54% | 31% | 67% | 40% | 53% | 44% | 50% | 63% | 58% | 53% | 53% | 56% | 52% | 51% | 56% | 50% | 33% | 63% | 31% | 65% | 61% | 46% | 54% | 53% | 55% | 50% | 53% | 53% | 56% | 57% | 55% | 49% | 41% | 54% | 52% |
| Lower | 10% | 14% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 15% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 26% | 17% | 5% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 0% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 16% | 7% | 17% | 6% | 5% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 7% | |
| About the Same | 34% | 42% | 28% | 33% | 38% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 49% | 43% | 29% | 20% | 18% | 50% | 25% | 43% | 35% | 44% | 39% | 24% | 31% | 34% | 34% | 29% | 36% | 38% | 33% | 36% | 49% | 27% | 50% | 26% | 34% | 32% | 38% | 35% | 31% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 37% | 39% | 31% | 31% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 10% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Bush Approval | Direction of Country | Watch State of the Union | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | Source of Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Strongly Approve | Somewhat Approve | Somewhat Disapprove | Strongly Disapprove | Not Sure | Right Direction | Wrong Track | Not Sure | All | Most | Part | None | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Newspapers | Television | Radio | Internet | Family, Friends, Co-Workers | Not Sure | ||
| Bush Plan for Alternative Energy Sources | Favor | 69% | 85% | 52% | 69% | 80% | 67% | 57% | 63% | 89% | 77% | 59% | 51% | 40% | 87% | 58% | 74% | 77% | 70% | 62% | 61% | 39% | 78% | 61% | 59% | 71% | 75% | 71% | 65% | 89% | 59% | 87% | 59% | 69% | 75% | 71% | 68% | 63% | 74% | 76% | 69% | 60% | 67% | 68% | 78% | 68% | 61% | 53% |
| Oppose | 14% | 5% | 24% | 13% | 8% | 16% | 21% | 16% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 28% | 30% | 3% | 21% | 9% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 25% | 12% | 16% | 27% | 14% | 7% | 12% | 13% | 3% | 20% | 3% | 20% | 10% | 16% | 13% | 13% | 18% | 10% | 9% | 16% | 20% | 15% | 14% | 8% | 17% | 18% | 20% | |
| Not Sure | 17% | 11% | 23% | 17% | 12% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 8% | 17% | 29% | 21% | 30% | 10% | 21% | 17% | 10% | 18% | 24% | 22% | 36% | 10% | 23% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 17% | 21% | 8% | 22% | 10% | 21% | 22% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 21% | 27% | |