MISSOURI SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday August 15, 2006

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Previous Missouri Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* In the Election for U.S. Senate this November, will you vote for Republican Jim Talent or Democrat Claire McCaskill?

 

                                46% Talent

44% McCaskill     

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

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

 

 

Talent

McCaskill

Very favorable

30%

23%

Somewhat favorable

25%

33%

Somewhat unfavorable

22%

26%

Very unfavorable

20%

14%

Not sure

  3%

  4%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Blunt

Talent

Bond

McCaskill

Conservative

60%

54%

52%

46%

11%

Moderate

20%

28%

31%

33%

37%

Liberal

  9%

  7%

  6%

  7%

38%

Not sure

10%

11%

12%

14%

14%

 

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

 

46% President Bush

44% Democrats in Congress

10% not sure

 

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

 

                                44% the United States and its allies

                                29% the terrorists

                                23% neither

  4% not sure

 

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

 

39% President Bush

47% Democrats in Congress

13% not sure

 

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

 

                                  8% excellent

                                26% good

                                37% fair

                                29% poor

  1% not sure

 

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

 

21% strongly approve

29% somewhat approve

17% somewhat disapprove

31% strongly disapprove

                                  2% 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?

 

                                27% strongly approve

                                19% somewhat approve

                                10% somewhat disapprove

                                43% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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