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CALIFORNIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday August 22, 2006

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Previous California Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Phil Angelides?

 

                                48% Schwarzenegger

42% Angelides    

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

2* If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Richard Mountjoy or for Democrat Dianne Feinstein?

 

                                34% Mountjoy

56% Feinstein      

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

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

 

 

Schwarzenegger

Angelides

Feinstein

Mountjoy

Very favorable

25%

  8%

31%

  7%

Somewhat favorable

31%

32%

22%

25%

Somewhat unfavorable

25%

24%

20%

19%

Very unfavorable

16%

23%

21%

15%

Not sure

  2%

13%

  6%

34%

 

4* For each of the following, please let me know if you believe that person is politically conservative, moderate, or liberal.

 

 

Bush

Schwarzenegger

Feinstein

Boxer

Angelides

Mountjoy

Conservative

65%

21%

  9%

  7%

  7%

32%

Moderate

20%

62%

32%

23%

29%

24%

Liberal

  9%

12%

52%

59%

45%

  6%

Not sure

  6%

  5%

  8%

12%

19%

37%

 

5* Okay… Who do you trust more when it comes to the situation in Iraq and national security—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

40% President Bush

52% Democrats in Congress

  8% not sure

 

6* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

 

                                40% the United States and its allies

                                29% the terrorists

                                26% neither

  5% not sure

 

7* Who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

39% President Bush

54% Democrats in Congress

  7% not sure

 

8* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

                                  9% excellent

                                29% good

                                43% fair

                                19% poor

  0% not sure

 

9* 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

                                20% somewhat approve

                                11% somewhat disapprove

                                42% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

25% strongly approve

31% somewhat approve

23% somewhat disapprove 

19% strongly disapprove

  2% not sure

 

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