TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
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.