MINNESOTA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday, August 28, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* If the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Tim Pawlenty or for Democrat Mike Hatch?
45% Pawlenty
39% Hatch
8% Hutchinson
8% not sure
2* If the election for Minnesota’s next United States Senator, were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Amy Klobuchar?
40% Kennedy
47% Klobuchar
6% Fitzgerald
6% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Pawlenty |
Hatch |
Hutchinson |
Kennedy |
Klobuchar |
Fitzgerald |
|
Very favorable |
27% |
15% |
5% |
24% |
33% |
3% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
33% |
42% |
24% |
27% |
30% |
21% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
23% |
21% |
20% |
19% |
14% |
18% |
|
Very unfavorable |
16% |
15% |
8% |
21% |
13% |
6% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
7% |
43% |
10% |
9% |
51% |
4* For each of the following, please let me know if you believe that person is politically conservative, moderate, or liberal.
|
|
Bush |
Pawlenty |
Klobuchar |
Coleman |
Hatch |
Kennedy |
|
Conservative |
73% |
57% |
7% |
46% |
6% |
51% |
|
Moderate |
13% |
34% |
37% |
36% |
43% |
29% |
|
Liberal |
7% |
2% |
42% |
9% |
39% |
6% |
|
Not sure |
7% |
6% |
14% |
9% |
13% |
14% |
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
48% Democrats in Congress
13% not sure
6* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
38% the United States and its allies
27% the terrorists
32% neither
2% not sure
7* Who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?
36% President Bush
54% Democrats in Congress
10% not sure
8* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
9% excellent
23% good
42% fair
25% poor
1% 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 Tim Pawlenty has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
26% strongly approve
33% somewhat approve
23% somewhat disapprove
20% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.