Colorado Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted August 9, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports

		Total	Party			Ideology				Governor				Most Important Issue								Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income								Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Beauprez (R)	Ritter (D)	Other	Not Sure	Economy	Immigration	Corruption	National Security	War in Iraq	Same Sex Marriage	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	0	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Governor	Beauprez (R)	39%	75%	4%	19%	73%	24%	8%	32%	100%	0%	0%	0%	29%	56%	11%	77%	16%	71%	28%	23%	43%	35%	46%	36%	41%	38%	36%	42%	33%	42%	37%	31%	43%	38%	36%	38%	37%	44%	53%	37%	41%	39%	37%	38%	62%	34%	44%	28%
	Ritter (D)	48%	14%	91%	53%	16%	60%	80%	48%	0%	100%	0%	0%	63%	27%	72%	15%	70%	20%	65%	22%	45%	49%	34%	53%	43%	51%	50%	43%	55%	42%	50%	69%	39%	42%	56%	44%	52%	50%	20%	49%	47%	49%	51%	42%	23%	52%	51%	56%
	Other	5%	2%	2%	12%	1%	10%	4%	5%	0%	0%	100%	0%	1%	8%	11%	3%	0%	0%	8%	26%	5%	4%	10%	4%	8%	2%	4%	5%	6%	8%	3%	0%	8%	9%	3%	5%	4%	0%	8%	3%	5%	5%	4%	7%	4%	5%	3%	6%
	Not Sure	9%	9%	3%	16%	10%	6%	8%	15%	0%	0%	0%	100%	7%	8%	6%	5%	14%	9%	0%	28%	6%	11%	10%	8%	8%	9%	10%	10%	7%	8%	9%	0%	10%	11%	5%	13%	7%	6%	19%	11%	7%	7%	9%	12%	11%	9%	2%	10%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Governor				Most Important Issue								Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income								Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Beauprez (R)	Ritter (D)	Other	Not Sure	Economy	Immigration	Corruption	National Security	War in Iraq	Same Sex Marriage	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	0	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Beauprez	Very Favorable	16%	30%	5%	5%	34%	4%	5%	2%	35%	4%	0%	1%	16%	26%	6%	25%	6%	23%	3%	7%	15%	16%	16%	11%	13%	18%	21%	18%	12%	13%	17%	31%	18%	17%	11%	12%	18%	23%	36%	10%	14%	18%	18%	17%	27%	16%	20%	7%
	Somewhat Favorable	32%	47%	12%	29%	41%	37%	13%	22%	50%	19%	40%	15%	25%	42%	19%	56%	21%	28%	32%	22%	34%	30%	35%	26%	45%	32%	25%	34%	29%	37%	30%	0%	33%	25%	34%	35%	32%	36%	32%	39%	33%	33%	29%	26%	38%	31%	34%	28%
	Somewhat Unfavorable	23%	7%	37%	35%	11%	34%	29%	25%	4%	37%	43%	26%	29%	16%	32%	11%	29%	13%	34%	23%	25%	22%	19%	36%	13%	21%	26%	22%	26%	22%	24%	0%	20%	32%	29%	22%	16%	13%	10%	22%	23%	23%	21%	28%	11%	26%	20%	30%
	Very Unfavorable	16%	3%	34%	15%	3%	14%	38%	11%	2%	30%	6%	3%	20%	8%	23%	1%	28%	10%	28%	0%	15%	16%	14%	11%	13%	20%	16%	15%	16%	16%	16%	69%	13%	7%	15%	20%	18%	23%	7%	16%	15%	15%	17%	15%	7%	13%	20%	21%
	Not Sure	13%	13%	12%	16%	11%	11%	15%	40%	9%	10%	11%	54%	9%	8%	19%	7%	16%	26%	3%	47%	10%	16%	16%	16%	16%	9%	13%	11%	17%	12%	14%	0%	16%	20%	10%	11%	16%	4%	15%	12%	15%	11%	14%	14%	17%	14%	6%	14%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Governor				Most Important Issue								Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income								Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Beauprez (R)	Ritter (D)	Other	Not Sure	Economy	Immigration	Corruption	National Security	War in Iraq	Same Sex Marriage	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	0	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Ritter	Very Favorable	18%	7%	36%	14%	9%	18%	29%	27%	3%	34%	0%	2%	25%	9%	23%	7%	27%	10%	23%	7%	16%	19%	9%	13%	22%	19%	25%	15%	23%	14%	20%	69%	18%	13%	13%	16%	20%	29%	3%	19%	16%	12%	24%	20%	12%	17%	27%	17%
	Somewhat Favorable	40%	28%	49%	50%	28%	50%	48%	26%	27%	54%	37%	20%	53%	37%	49%	28%	43%	23%	32%	21%	36%	43%	37%	36%	38%	42%	45%	39%	42%	39%	40%	0%	35%	41%	52%	35%	40%	35%	30%	34%	36%	47%	42%	33%	23%	48%	36%	45%
	Somewhat Unfavorable	23%	34%	7%	21%	33%	22%	11%	11%	40%	7%	41%	22%	13%	26%	10%	47%	13%	35%	36%	15%	31%	16%	23%	28%	17%	26%	15%	25%	18%	21%	24%	31%	24%	22%	18%	25%	27%	24%	31%	23%	28%	20%	18%	27%	33%	20%	18%	21%
	Very Unfavorable	8%	16%	2%	2%	14%	3%	5%	6%	16%	1%	8%	7%	6%	18%	5%	9%	2%	7%	0%	0%	9%	7%	15%	10%	9%	5%	4%	8%	7%	12%	6%	0%	10%	5%	7%	11%	9%	6%	19%	5%	7%	12%	5%	7%	11%	4%	12%	7%
	Not Sure	12%	15%	6%	13%	17%	7%	7%	30%	13%	4%	15%	50%	3%	10%	13%	9%	15%	24%	9%	57%	8%	15%	16%	13%	15%	8%	12%	13%	11%	14%	11%	0%	13%	19%	11%	13%	5%	5%	17%	19%	13%	7%	11%	13%	20%	11%	7%	10%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Governor				Most Important Issue								Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income								Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Beauprez (R)	Ritter (D)	Other	Not Sure	Economy	Immigration	Corruption	National Security	War in Iraq	Same Sex Marriage	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	0	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Bush Approval	Strongly Approve	29%	54%	3%	16%	60%	12%	3%	25%	61%	4%	20%	27%	19%	39%	12%	64%	10%	53%	12%	31%	30%	28%	37%	25%	20%	31%	29%	33%	20%	33%	27%	31%	25%	35%	22%	34%	26%	28%	46%	21%	31%	30%	31%	30%	55%	24%	22%	20%
	Somewhat Approve	17%	29%	2%	16%	26%	17%	6%	12%	28%	7%	26%	22%	14%	27%	11%	24%	8%	17%	12%	30%	18%	17%	11%	19%	24%	16%	17%	19%	15%	17%	18%	0%	18%	11%	21%	18%	16%	23%	22%	21%	20%	13%	18%	17%	20%	23%	19%	10%
	Somewhat Disapprove	9%	7%	11%	11%	4%	19%	5%	11%	7%	12%	3%	9%	16%	9%	8%	5%	7%	10%	9%	4%	9%	9%	12%	7%	17%	7%	7%	8%	12%	12%	8%	0%	19%	6%	5%	12%	10%	8%	11%	10%	5%	10%	8%	14%	11%	10%	11%	8%
	Strongly Disapprove	44%	10%	83%	55%	11%	50%	85%	49%	5%	76%	46%	40%	50%	26%	69%	7%	75%	13%	67%	32%	42%	45%	39%	46%	39%	44%	47%	39%	53%	36%	47%	69%	39%	48%	52%	36%	46%	38%	18%	45%	44%	46%