CONNECTICUT SURVEY of 550 likely voters

Monday August 21, 2006

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Previous Connecticut Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Independent Joseph Lieberman, Democrat Ned Lamont or Republican Alan Schlesinger?

 

                                45% Lieberman

43% Lamont

  6% Schlesinger  

                                  1% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

2*Now… thinking about the election for Governor, if the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jodi Rell or Democrat John DeStefano, Jr.?

 

                61% Rell

                31% DeStefano, Jr.

                  3% some other candidate

                  5% not sure

 

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

 

 

Lieberman

Lamont

Schlesinger

Rell

DeStefano

Very favorable

25%

20%

  3%

37%

12%

Somewhat favorable

32%

32%

19%

40%

37%

Somewhat unfavorable

20%

19%

26%

14%

21%

Very unfavorable

22%

26%

25%

  7%

17%

Not sure

  1%

  4%

27%

  2%

12%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Rell

Lieberman

Dodd

DeStefano

Lamont

Conservative

70%

22%

25%

  6%

  5%

  6%

Moderate

17%

69%

53%

36%

34%

25%

Liberal

  5%

  4%

15%

48%

40%

58%

Not sure

  9%

  6%

  7%

10%

21%

11%

 

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

 

34% President Bush

52% Democrats in Congress

14% not sure

 

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

 

                                39% the United States and its allies

                                32% the terrorists

                                25% neither

  4% not sure

 

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

 

32% President Bush

56% Democrats in Congress

13% not sure

 

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

 

                                10% excellent

                                26% good

                                44% fair

                                20% 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?

 

                                20% strongly approve

                                16% somewhat approve

                                10% somewhat disapprove

                                51% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

 

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

 

                                38% strongly approve

                                38% somewhat approve

                                15% somewhat disapprove

                                  7% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.