West Virginia Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: January 15, 2006
Suppose that, in the 2006 election for U.S. Senator,
you had a choice between Republican Zane Lawhorn and Democrat Robert Byrd.
If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Zane Lawhorn or for Democrat Robert Byrd?
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	Total	Party			Ideology				Gender
	All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conser've	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Men	Women
Lawhorn	26%	50%	11%	26%	53%	18%	10%	28%	28%	24%
Byrd	62%	38%	83%	46%	38%	67%	79%	60%	64%	60%
Other	5%	4%	2%	16%	4%	11%	3%	1%	6%	5%
Not Sure	6%	7%	4%	11%	5%	4%	8%	11%	2%	11%
	Total	Age					Religious Affiliation
	All Voters	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Not Sure
Lawhorn	26%	37%	25%	24%	24%	24%	38%	24%	24%	19%
Byrd	62%	55%	57%	60%	67%	65%	48%	68%	69%	66%
Other	5%	2%	10%	6%	4%	5%	2%	5%	3%	9%
Not Sure	6%	6%	8%	10%	4%	6%	11%	4%	3%	6%
	Total	Married		Kids		Income
	All Voters	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not sure
Lawhorn	26%	28%	23%	28%	25%	33%	26%	24%	27%	13%	21%	21%
Byrd	62%	57%	70%	56%	65%	51%	59%	72%	71%	74%	73%	57%
Other	5%	7%	2%	8%	4%	13%	4%	1%	1%	9%	4%	2%
Not Sure	6%	7%	5%	8%	5%	3%	11%	3%	1%	3%	2%	20%
	Total	Employment					Iraq Priority
	All Voters	Gov't	Entrep'eur	Pvt Sector	Retired	Other	Favorable	Unfavorable	Not Sure
Lawhorn	26%	16%	26%	33%	29%	20%	13%	41%	13%
Byrd	62%	75%	65%	53%	64%	62%	80%	44%	68%
Other	5%	2%	2%	8%	5%	6%	2%	8%	13%
Not Sure	6%	7%	7%	5%	3%	13%	6%	7%	7%
	Total	Bush Approval
	All Voters	Strongly Approve	Somewhat Approve	Somewhat Disapprove	Strongly Disapprove	Not Sure
Lawhorn	26%	53%	36%	11%	5%	0%
Byrd	62%	35%	52%	81%	82%	96%
Other	5%	4%	5%	4%	7%	0%
Not Sure	6%	7%	7%	4%	6%	4%
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