VERMONT SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday, February 6, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

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Previous Vermont Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Douglas or for Democrat Scudder Parker?

 

                55% Douglas

30% Parker           

                                  3% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

 

2* Okay…in the election for the United States Senator, suppose you have a choice between Republican Greg Parke and Independent Bernie Sanders. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Greg Parke or for Independent Bernie Sanders?

 

21% Parke

71% Sanders        

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

3* Okay… what if the Republicans nominate Richard Tarrant?  If the election for U.S. Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Richard Tarrant or for Independent Bernie Sanders?

 

28% Tarrant

65% Sanders        

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Douglas

Parker

Sanders

Parke

Tarrant

Very favorable

29%

  9%

50%

  4%

12%

Somewhat favorable

40%

29%

23%

19%

21%

Somewhat unfavorable

22%

20%

13%

23%

23%

Very unfavorable

  7%

  8%

 12%

12%

17%

Not sure

  2%

 33%

   2%

42%

 26%

 

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

 

28% President Bush

56% Democrats in Congress

16% not sure

 

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

 

27% President Bush

61% Democrats in Congress

12% not sure

 

7* 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?

 

62% very important

30% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  1% not sure

 

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

 

75% very important

19% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  1% not sure

 

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

 

70% very important

24% somewhat important

  4% not very important

  0% not at all important

  2% not sure

 

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

 

69% very important

28% somewhat important

  2% not very important

  1% not at all important

  1% 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?

 

                                32% the situation in Iraq

                                24% the economy

22% health care

                                15% developing alternate sources of energy

                                  7% not sure

 

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

 

                                54% the situation in Iraq

                                40% the economy

                                  6% not sure

 

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

 

                                20% better

                                49% worse

31% not sure

 

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