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TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, August 31, 2006

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1* Now… If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for , Republican Rick Perry, Democrat Chris Bell, Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, or Independent Kinky Friedman? If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?

 

33% Perry

18% Bell

22% Strayhorn

16% Friedman

                                10% not sure

 

2* Now… If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison or for Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky?

 

                58% Hutchison

32% Radnofsky   

                                  6% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Perry

Bell

Strayhorn

Friedman

Hutchison

Radnofsky

Very favorable

15%

11%

 15%

17%

39%

10%

Somewhat favorable

33%

33%

 38%

26%

29%

27%

Somewhat unfavorable

 25%

26%

 21%

 25%

14%

21%

Very unfavorable

 22%

10%

 14%

 18%

  9%

14%

Not sure

   5%

19%

 12%

 15%

  9%

28%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Perry

Hutchison

Bell

Friedman

Strayhorn

Conservative

66%

46%

46%

  5%

  6%

20%

Moderate

19%

37%

40%

32%

28%

44%

Liberal

  7%

  6%

  2%

30%

40%

16%

Not sure

  8%

11%

12%

33%

26%

20%

 

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

 

53% President Bush

34% Democrats in Congress

13% not sure

 

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

 

                                51% the United States and its allies

                                24% the terrorists

                                21% neither

  4% not sure

 

 

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

 

50% President Bush

38% Democrats in Congress

12% not sure

 

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

 

                                16% excellent

                                31% good

                                34% fair

                                19% poor

  1% 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?

 

                                32% strongly approve

                                23% somewhat approve

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                35% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                13% strongly approve

                                36% somewhat approve

                                24% somewhat disapprove

                                25% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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