NEBRASKA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

GOP Primary Results-Questions 4 and 5 below

1* Suppose that, in the race to become Nebraska’s next United States Senator, Republicans nominate Pete Ricketts and Democrats nominate Ben Nelson. If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Pete Ricketts or for Democrat Ben Nelson?

36% Ricketts

54% Nelson

3% some other candidate

7% not sure

2* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Don Stenberg. If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Don Stenberg or for Democrat Ben Nelson?

26% Stenberg

61% Nelson

4% some other candidate

9% not sure

3* Okay… what if the Republicans nominate David Kramer. If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican David Kramer or for Democrat Ben Nelson?

24% Kramer

64% Nelson

4% some other candidate

8% not sure

4* Suppose the Republican Primary Election for Governor were held today… Would you vote for Tom Osborne, Dave Heineman, or Dave Nabity?

44% Heineman

43% Osborne

5% Nabity

8% not sure

5* Okay…In the Republican Primary for U.S. Senator, will you vote for Don Stenberg, Pete Ricketts, or David Kramer?

26% Stenberg

52% Ricketts

8% Kramer

14% not sure

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

	Nelson	Kramer	Ricketts	Stenberg	Osborne	Heineman
Very favorable	34%	4%	24%	12%	41%	33%
Somewhat favorable	47%	30%	33%	35%	27%	41%
Somewhat unfavorable	11%	24%	17%	20%	18%	14%
Very unfavorable	5%	6%	14%	18%	11%	7%
Not sure	3%	37%	12%	15%	3%	6%

7* Generally speaking, do tax increases help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

15% help

59% hurt

11% no impact

15% not sure

8* Okay… do tax cuts help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

61% help

14% hurt

15% no impact

10% not sure

9*How are your income taxes prepared? Do you do it yourself, hire a professional, or have someone else in your family take care of your income tax filing?

30% do it yourself

61% hire a professional

6% have someone else in the family

2% not sure

10* This year, are your taxes being filed electronically or by mail?

48% electronically

46% by mail

6% not sure

11* Which is worse, filling out your income tax paperwork or going to the dentist?

48% tax paperwork

37% going to the dentist

15% not sure

12* One more topic… How closely have you followed news stories about the Congressional debate on immigration legislation?

41% very closely

42% somewhat closely

15% not very closely

1% not at all

0% not sure

13* Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats, criminals, and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal for immigration policy?

61% agree

24% disagree

15% not sure

14* Some people say it makes no sense to debate new rules for immigration until we can control our borders and enforce the existing laws. Do you agree or disagree?

74% agree

18% disagree

8% not sure

15* There are currently 11 million illegal aliens living in the United States. Most have lived here for more than five years. Should the United States forcibly require all 11 million illegal aliens to leave this country?

36% yes

45% no

20% not sure

16* Suppose a woman enters the United States as an illegal alien and gives birth to a child in the United States. Should that child automatically become a citizen of the United States?

27% yes

62% no

11% not sure

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

30% strongly approve

44% somewhat approve

15% somewhat disapprove

8% strongly disapprove

3% not sure

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