FLORIDA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday, January 3, 2006

 

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1* Thinking about the election for the United States Senate, suppose that Republicans nominate Katherine Harris and Democrats nominate Bill Nelson. If the election for the United States Senate were held today, would you vote for Katherine Harris or for Bill Nelson?

 

                31% Harris

54% Nelson          

                                  7% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

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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?

 

36% Gallagher

35% Smith            

                                10% some other candidate

                                20% not sure

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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?

 

40% Crist

35% Smith            

                                  9% some other candidate

                                16% not sure

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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?

 

36% Crist

35% Davis            

                                  8% some other candidate

                                20% not sure

See Cross Tabs for this question

 

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?

 

37% Gallagher

37% Davis            

                                  9% some other candidate

                                18% not sure

See Cross Tabs for this question

 

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

 

 

Davis

Crist

Gallagher

Smith

Harris

Nelson

Very favorable

12%

21%

15%

  8%

18%

26%

Somewhat favorable

33%

29%

29%

30%

16%

28%

Somewhat unfavorable

 19%

20%

22%

18%

18%

19%

Very unfavorable

  3%

11%

11%

  7%

37%

10%

Not sure

 33%

19%

 24%

 36%

 11%

 17%

 

7* 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?

 

                                29% strongly approve

                                12% somewhat approve

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                49% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

                                34% strongly approve

                                21% somewhat approve

                                20% somewhat disapprove

                                21% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

Additional Cross Tabs information

 

Crosstabs by Gender – Married – Children at Home

Crosstabs by Party - Ideology

Crosstabs by Income

Crosstabs by Employment

Crosstabs by Religious Affiliation

Crosstabs by George Bush Approval

 

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