FLORIDA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday, February 6, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Favorables
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* Suppose that, in the race to become Florida’s next United States Senator, Republicans nominate Katherine Harris and Democrats nominate Bill Nelson. If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Katherine Harris or for Democrat Bill Nelson
40% Harris
49% Nelson
2% some other candidate
9% not sure
2* Now… thinking about the election for Governor, suppose that Republicans nominate Tom Gallagher and Democrats nominate Rod Smith. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Tom Gallagher or for Democrat Rod Smith?
45% Gallagher
32% Smith
6% some other candidate
17% not sure
3* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Charlie Crist? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Charlie Crist or for Democrat Rod Smith?
45% Crist
33% Smith
5% some other candidate
17% not sure
4* Now… suppose that Republicans nominate Charley Crist and Democrats nominate Jim Davis. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Charley Crist or for Democrat Jim Davis?
42% Crist
37% Davis
5% some other candidate
15% not sure
5* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Tom Gallagher? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Gallagher or for Democrat Jim Davis?
44% Gallagher
34% Davis
6% some other candidate
16% not sure
6* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Davis |
Crist |
Gallagher |
Smith |
Harris |
Nelson |
|
Very favorable |
16% |
28% |
24% |
16% |
30% |
32% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
31% |
27% |
33% |
23% |
14% |
21% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
17% |
18% |
16% |
18% |
12% |
15% |
|
Very unfavorable |
4% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
28% |
12% |
|
Not sure |
31% |
19% |
19% |
33% |
16% |
20% |
7* Okay…how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy…excellent, good, fair, or poor?
28% excellent
16% good
17% fair
37% poor
3% not sure
8* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…excellent, good, fair, or poor?
27% excellent
17% good
12% fair
43% poor
1% not sure
9* Suppose you had to choose between the situation in Iraq and the economy. Which of those issues is most important?
40% the situation in Iraq
47% the economy
13% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.