COLORADO SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Toplines

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Colorado Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Beauprez or for Democrat Bill Ritter?

                                33% Beauprez

40% Ritter             

                                  8% some other candidate

                                19% not sure

2* Okay… what if the Republicans nominate Mark Holtzman? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Holtzman or for Democrat Bill Ritter?

                                28% Holtzman

41% Ritter             

                                  8% some other candidate

                                23% not sure

3* Fine… Gary Lindstrom is also running for the Democratic nomination. Suppose the Democrats nominate Gary Lindstrom and the Republicans nominate Bob Beauprez? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Beauprez or for Democrat Gary Lindstrom?

37% Beauprez

36% Lindstrom    

                                  7% some other candidate

                                19% not sure

4* Last match-up… what if the Republicans nominate Mark Holtzman? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Holtzman or for Democrat Gary Lindstrom?

33% Holtzman

35% Lindstrom    

                                  9% some other candidate

                                24% not sure

5* Do you have a very favorable or an unfavorable impression of:

6* 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

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

40% President Bush

48% Democrats in Congress

11% not sure

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

60% very important

31% somewhat important

  7% not very important

  0% not at all important

  2% not sure

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

72% very important

21% somewhat important

  6% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

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

72% very important

25% somewhat important

  2% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

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

71% very important

24% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  2% not at all important

  1% not sure

                12* 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?

                                33% the situation in Iraq

                                23% the economy

24% health care

                                14% developing alternate sources of energy

                                  6% not sure

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

                                52% the situation in Iraq

                                42% the economy

                                  5% not sure

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

                                19% better

                                38% worse

43% not sure

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