WYOMING SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday April 27, 2006

 

Toplines

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Ray Hunkins or for Democrat Dave Freudenthal?

 

                                29% Hunkins

52% Freudenthal 

                                  6% some other candidate

                                12% not sure

 

2* What about the election for the U.S. Senate? If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Craig Thomas or for Democrat Dale Groutage?

 

64% Thomas

25% Groutage      

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

3* If the election for the U.S. Congress were held today, would you vote for Republican Barbara Cubin or for Democrat Gary Trauner?

 

47% Cubin

43% Trauner

  5% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Freudenthal

Hunkins

Thomas

Groutage

Cubin

Trauner

Very favorable

33%

  9%

37%

  7%

25%

  8%

Somewhat favorable

40%

33%

31%

25%

24%

26%

Somewhat unfavorable

14%

21%

13%

21%

16%

18%

Very unfavorable

        8%

10%

13%

10%

31%

10%

Not sure

  5%

27%

  5%

37%

  5%

38%

 

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

 

15% help

64% hurt

11% no impact

11% not sure

 

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

 

61% help

19% hurt

13% no impact

  8% not sure

 

7*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?

 

38% do it yourself

56% hire a professional

  5% have someone else in the family

  1% not sure

 

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

 

52% electronically

43% by mail

  5% not sure

 

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

 

47% tax paperwork

40% going to the dentist

13% not sure

 

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

 

46% very closely

32% somewhat closely

17% not very closely

  4% not at all

  1% not sure

 

11* 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?

 

56% agree

30% disagree

14% not sure

 

12* 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?

               

72% agree

18% disagree

10% not sure

 

                13* 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?

 

46% yes

39% no

15% not sure

 

                14* 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

65% no

  8% not sure

 

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