WEST VIRGINIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday August 1, 2006

1* If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican John Raese or for Democrat Robert Byrd?

31% Raese

56% Byrd

2% some other candidate

11% not sure

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

	Byrd	Raese
Very favorable	44%	11%
Somewhat favorable	27%	35%
Somewhat unfavorable	13%	27%
Very unfavorable	12%	14%
Not sure	3%	13%

3*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

37% the economy

7% immigration

10% government corruption

17% national security

16% the War in Iraq

6% same-sex marriage

4% some other issue

3% not sure

4*How confident are you that ballots are properly counted in most elections and the right person is declared the winner?

29% very confident

39% somewhat confident

20% not very confident

11% not at all confident

2% not sure

5*Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a drivers license before being allowed to vote?

78% yes

16% no

7% not sure

6*Should election ballots be printed in English only or should they be printed in English and Spanish?

71% English only

26% English and Spanish

3% not sure

7*In most elections, are large numbers of people prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote?

20% yes

38% no

42% not sure

8*Okay… in most elections, are large numbers of people allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

25% yes

34% no

41% not sure

9*Some people say that America’s political system is badly broken. Do you agree?

59% yes

27% no

14% not sure

10*On a different topic… Should marriage be defined in terms of a union between a man and a woman? Or should marriage be defined as a union between any two people including same sex couples?

80% marriage is between man and woman

16% between any two people

4% not sure

11*Do you believe the Bible literally true?

70% yes

21% no

10% not sure

12*Moving to another cultural issue… on the topic of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?

38% pro-choice

55% pro-life

7% not sure

13* 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

12% somewhat disapprove

40% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

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

39% strongly approve

44% somewhat approve

11% somewhat disapprove

4% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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