MICHIGAN SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday August 10, 2006

1* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor…if the election for were held today, would you vote for Republican Dick DeVos or for Democrat Jennifer Granholm?

46% DeVos

47% Granholm

2% some other candidate

5% not sure

2* In the election for the U.S. Senate, if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Bouchard or for Democrat Debbie Stabenow?

44% Bouchard

49% Stabenow

2% some other candidate

5% not sure

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

	Granholm	DeVos	Bouchard	Stabenow
Very favorable	24%	23%	20%	22%
Somewhat favorable	32%	33%	34%	32%
Somewhat unfavorable	26%	19%	18%	17%
Very unfavorable	17%	20%	11%	21%
Not sure	1%	4%	17%	8%

4*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

45% the economy

6% immigration

10% government corruption

14% national security

16% the War in Iraq

2% same-sex marriage

3% some other issue

3% not sure

5*How confident are you that ballots are properly counted in most elections and the right person is declared the winner?

36% very confident

36% somewhat confident

19% not very confident

8% not at all confident

1% not sure

6*Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a drivers license before being allowed to vote?

78% yes

16% no

6% not sure

7*Should election ballots be printed in English only or should they be printed in English and Spanish?

66% English only

32% English and Spanish

4% not sure

8*In most elections, are large numbers of people prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote?

24% yes

46% no

31% not sure

9*Okay… in most elections, are large numbers of people allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

26% yes

37% no

37% not sure

10*Some people say that America’s political system is badly broken. Do you agree?

56% yes

32% no

12% not sure

11*On a different topic… Should marriage be defined in terms of a union between a man and a woman? Or should marriage be defined as a union between any two people including same sex couples?

69% marriage is between man and woman

26% between any two people

3% not sure

12*Do you believe the Bible literally true?

54% yes

33% no

9% not sure

13* Moving to another cultural issue… on the topic of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?

53% pro-choice

40% pro-life

5% not sure

14* 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

17% somewhat approve

14% somewhat disapprove

42% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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

23% strongly approve

29% somewhat approve

24% somewhat disapprove

24% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

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