Maryland Survey of 500 Likely Voters--Rasmussen Reports--January 10, 2006



		Total	Party			Ideology
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure
Senate Ballot	Steele	45%	82%	25%	37%	73%	38%	18%	47%
	Cardin	40%	6%	63%	35%	20%	39%	66%	37%
	Other	5%	2%	7%	6%	1%	10%	2%	8%
	Not Sure	11%	10%	6%	22%	6%	13%	14%	8%


		Race			Gender		Married		Children at Home
		White	Black	Other	Men	Women	Yes	No	Yes	No
Senate Ballot	Steele	43%	47%	49%	52%	37%	48%	39%	51%	42%
	Cardin	41%	48%	14%	34%	46%	37%	43%	30%	44%
	Other	5%	3%	9%	5%	5%	5%	6%	5%	5%
	Not Sure	11%	2%	28%	8%	13%	10%	12%	14%	9%


		George Bush Approval				Bush on Economy
		Strongly Approve	Somewhat Approve	Somewhat Disapprove	Strongly Disapprove	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Senate Ballot	Steele	86%	66%	32%	14%	88%	68%	29%	17%
	Cardin	7%	18%	34%	67%	8%	18%	46%	65%
	Other	3%	5%	11%	6%	3%	6%	2%	7%
	Not Sure	4%	10%	22%	13%	1%	8%	24%	11%


		Age					Employment
		18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Government	Entrepreneur	Private Sector	Retired	Other
Senate Ballot	Steele	44%	54%	41%	43%	38%	40%	50%	48%	39%	46%
	Cardin	37%	31%	36%	46%	53%	34%	43%	38%	52%	33%
	Other	8%	2%	9%	3%	4%	5%	2%	2%	4%	11%
	Not Sure	11%	13%	13%	8%	5%	21%	4%	11%	6%	10%


		Income
		Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure
Senate Ballot	Steele	44%	46%	47%	44%	40%	42%	58%
	Cardin	45%	45%	45%	31%	44%	41%	20%
	Other	9%	1%	2%	3%	5%	5%	16%
	Not Sure	2%	9%	6%	22%	10%	12%	6%