PENNSYLVANIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Toplines

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Pennsylvania Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Lynn Swann or for Democrat Ed Rendell?

 

                38% Swann

50% Rendell         

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

2* OK… If the election for the United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Rick Santorum,  for Democrat Bob Casey, Jr, .or for Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli?

 

40% Santorum

48% Casey

  5% Romanelli     

                                  1% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

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

 

 

Rendell

Swann

Santorum

Casey

Romanelli

Very favorable

29%

19%

25%

18%

  2%

Somewhat favorable

37%

37%

20%

40%

21%

Somewhat unfavorable

16%

23%

19%

22%

23%

Very unfavorable

17%

12%

29%

10%

13%

Not sure

  2%

  8%

  6%

10%

40%

 

 

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

 

 

Bush

Rendell

Santorum

Spector

Swann

Casey

Conservative

64%

  9%

60%

18%

39%

  9%

Moderate

21%

47%

19%

50%

30%

45%

Liberal

  8%

38%

  7%

22%

  8%

29%

Not sure

  8%

  6%

13%

  9%

23%

17%

 

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

 

42% President Bush

51% Democrats in Congress

  7% not sure

 

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

 

                                45% the United States and its allies

                                30% the terrorists

                                23% 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?

 

                                10% excellent

                                27% good

                                37% fair

                                27% 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?

 

                                25% strongly approve

                                18% somewhat approve

                                  8% somewhat disapprove

                                49% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

10* How would you rate the job Ed Rendell 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

34% somewhat approve

15% somewhat disapprove

22% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

 

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