CALIFORNIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday February 8, 2006

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous California Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor of California, suppose that Republicans nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats nominate Phil Angelides. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Phil Angelides?

 

                                40% Schwarzenegger

41% Angelides    

                                  8% some other candidate

                                11% not sure

 

2* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Steve Westly? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Steve Westly?

 

39% Schwarzenegger

34% Westly         

                                  9% some other candidate

                                18% not sure

 

3* Thinking about the 2006 election for the United State Senate… suppose that Republicans nominate Richard Mountjoy and Democrats nominate Dianne Feinstein. If the election for were held today, would you vote for Republican Richard Mountjoy or for Democrat Dianne Feinstein?

 

30% Mountjoy

58% Westly         

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

 

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

 

 

Schwarzenegger

Angelides

Westly

Feinstein

Mountjoy

Favorable

41%

32%

23%

58%

14%

Unfavorable

50%

24%

21%

33%

22%

Not sure

  9%

44%

57%

  9%

64%

 

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

 

42% President Bush

45% Democrats in Congress

13% not sure

 

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

 

44% President Bush

48% Democrats in Congress

  8% not sure

 

7* Moving to a different topic… When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U.S. Senate race next year, how important is the situation in Iraq?

 

62% very important

28% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  4% not sure

 

8* Okay… how important is the issue of health care?

 

67% very important

23% somewhat important

  7% not very important

  1% not at all important

  1% not sure

 

9* Fine, as a voting issue, how important is the economy?

 

77% very important

21% somewhat important

  2% not very important

  0% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

10* One more… how important is the issue of developing alternative sources of energy?

 

67% very important

27% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  2% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

11* Okay… in determining how you will vote, which of the following issues is the most important issue is more important… the situation in Iraq, the economy, health care, or developing alternative sources of energy?

 

41% the situation in Iraq

21% the economy

23% health care

10%developing alternative sources of energy

  4% not sure

 

                12* Suppose you had to choose between the situation in Iraq and the economy. Which of those issues is most important?

 

                                53% the situation in Iraq

                                40% the economy

  7% not sure

 

                13* Looking ahead a year from now, will things in the United States be better, worse, or about the same?

 

                                22% better

                                38% worse

40% not sure

 

14* 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?

 

31% strongly approve

15% somewhat approve

13% somewhat disapprove

40% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

15* How would you rate the job Arnold Schwarzenegger 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

33% somewhat approve

26% somewhat disapprove

27% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

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