RHODE ISLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday August 23, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
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.