VIRGINIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday August 16, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

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Previous Virginia Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* In the 2006 election for the U.S. Senate…if the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican George Allen or for Democrat James Webb?

 

 

                                47% Allen

42% Webb           

                                  2% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

 

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

 

 

Allen

Webb

Very favorable

31%

12%

Somewhat favorable

26%

35%

Somewhat unfavorable

21%

23%

Very unfavorable

17%

10%

Not sure

  5%

20%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Kaine

Allen

Warner

Webb

Conservative

69%

10%

60%

33%

  4%

Moderate

18%

54%

24%

40%

38%

Liberal

  5%

27%

  5%

14%

29%

Not sure

  9%

10%

12%

13%

30%

 

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

 

46% President Bush

45% Democrats in Congress

  9% not sure

 

 

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

 

                                51% the United States and its allies

                                22% the terrorists

                                24% neither

  2% not sure

 

 

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

 

40% President Bush

49% Democrats in Congress

11% not sure

 

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

 

                                11%excellent

                                30% good

                                40% fair

                                18% poor

  1% not sure

 

8* 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?

 

                                27% strongly approve

                                21% somewhat approve

                                15% somewhat disapprove

                                37% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

23% strongly approve

44% somewhat approve

22% somewhat disapprove

  9% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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