MINNESOTA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday, January 16, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Alito Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* In the election for Minnesota’s next United States Senator, Republican Mark Kennedy may face one of three Democratic challengers. Suppose the Democrats nominate Amy Klobuchar… If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Amy Klobuchar?
42% Kennedy
43% Klobuchar
5% some other candidate
10% not sure
2* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Ford Bell? If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Ford Bell?
41% Kennedy
36% Bell
10% some other candidate
13% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Kennedy |
Klobuchar |
Bell |
Alito |
|
Very favorable |
18% |
23% |
5% |
27% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
35% |
36% |
22% |
22% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
23% |
18% |
26% |
18% |
|
Very unfavorable |
13% |
6% |
8% |
16% |
|
Not sure |
11% |
16% |
39% |
17% |
4* The President nominated Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court. Should the Senate confirm Samuel Alito’s appointment to the Supreme Court?
54% yes
27% no
19% not sure
5* In political terms, is Samuel Alito conservative, moderate, or liberal?
56% conservative
28% moderate
2% liberal
13% not sure
6* 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?
58% very important
27% somewhat important
9% not very important
2% not at all important
3% not sure
7* Okay… how important is the issue of health care?
64% very important
27% somewhat important
7% not very important
1% not at all important
2% not sure
8* Fine, as a voting issue, how important is the economy?
64% very important
31% somewhat important
2% not very important
0% not at all important
2% not sure
9* Okay… in determining how you will vote, which issue is more important… health care or the situation in Iraq?
48% health care
42% situation in Iraq
10% not sure
10* One more… in determining how you will vote, which issue is more important… the economy or the situation in Iraq?
43% economy
47% situation in Iraq
10% not sure
11* 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?
26% strongly approve
19% somewhat approve
14% somewhat disapprove
40% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.