OREGON SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday August 17, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

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Previous Oregon Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* Thinking about the election for Governor, if the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Ron Saxton or Democrat Ted Kulongoski?

 

                                35% Saxton

49% Kulongoski  

                                  9% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

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

 

 

Kulongoski

Saxton

Very favorable

12%

  9%

Somewhat favorable

44%

33%

Somewhat unfavorable

25%

26%

Very unfavorable

16%

22%

Not sure

  3%

11%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Kulongoski

Wyden

Smith

Saxton

Conservative

72%

  7%

11%

42%

44%

Moderate

17%

49%

39%

37%

30%

Liberal

  6%

36%

36%

  7%

  7%

Not sure

  4%

  7%

14%

14%

19%

 

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

 

37% President Bush

48% Democrats in Congress

16% not sure

 

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

 

                                36% the United States and its allies

                                35% the terrorists

                                26% neither

  4% not sure

 

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

 

33% President Bush

52% Democrats in Congress

15% not sure

 

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

 

                                  9% excellent

                                25% good

                                42% fair

                                24% poor

  0% not sure

 

8* 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

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                53% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                11% strongly approve

                                41% somewhat approve

                                24% somewhat disapprove

                                20% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

 

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