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RHODE ISLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday August 23, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Previous Rhode Island Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Donald Carcieri or Democrat Charles Fogarty?

 

                                41% Carcieri

46% Fogarty        

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

 

2* In the race for the U.S. Senate, suppose you have a choice between Republican Lincoln Chafee or Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Lincoln Chafee or Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse?

 

42% Chaffee

44% Whitehouse

                                  8% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

3* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Steve Laffey? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Steve Laffey or Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse?

 

31% Laffey

58% Whitehouse

                                  6% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Carcieri

Fogarty

Chaffee

Whitehouse

Laffey

Very favorable

28%

17%

20%

20%

14%

Somewhat favorable

32%

41%

36%

38%

22%

Somewhat favorable

20%

22%

24%

18%

24%

Very unfavorable

16%

  9%

18%

18%

35%

Not sure

  4%

11%

  3%

  7%

  4%

 

5* 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?

 

                                19% strongly approve

                                17% somewhat approve

                                12% somewhat disapprove

                                52% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

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

 

27% strongly approve

32% somewhat approve

21% somewhat disapprove

19% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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