WISCONSIN SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday January 23, 2006

 

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Daily Snapshot

1* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor, suppose that Republicans nominate Scott Walker and Democrats nominate Jim Doyle. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Scott Walker or for Democrat Jim Doyle?

 

                                40% Walker

47% Doyle            

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

2* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Mark Green? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Green or for Democrat Jim Doyle?

 

41% Green

48% Doyle            

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

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

 

 

Doyle

Walker

Green

Very favorable

16%

17%

15%

Somewhat favorable

40%

27%

30%

Somewhat unfavorable

20%

20%

18%

Very Unfavorable

21%

12%

14%

Not sure

  3%

25%

23%

 

4* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about political corruption in the state of Wisconsin?

 

26% very closely

42% somewhat closely

26% not very closely

  4% not at all

  1% not sure

 

                5* Generally speaking, is Wisconsin politics more corrupt than most states, less corrupt, or about as corrupt as most states?

 

                                13% Wisconsin is more corrupt

                                28% less corrupt

                                50% about the same

                                  8% not sure

 

                6* In Wisconsin, does political corruption involve Republicans, Democrats, or members of both political parties?

 

                                11% Republicans

                                12% Democrats

                                72% both parties

                                  6% not sure

 

7* Fine, as a voting issue, how important is political corruption?

 

66% very important

27% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  2% not at all important

  2% not sure

 

8* Okay…as a voting issue, how important is the economy?

 

74% very important

23% somewhat important

  2% not very important

  0% not at all important

  1% not sure

 

9* All right… how important is the situation in Iraq?

 

74% very important

19% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

                                  0% not sure

 

10* Fine…which issue is more important, the economy or the situation in Iraq?

 

                                46% the economy

                                47% the situation in Iraq

                                  7% not sure

 

                11* If you had to make a choice, which issue is more important in your voting decision…political corruption or the economy?

 

                                37% political corruption

                                56% the economy

                                  8% not sure

 

                12* Okay… which is more important, political corruption or the situation in Iraq?

 

                                31% political corruption

                                59% the situation in Iraq

                                10% not sure

 

13* 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?

 

                                31% strongly approve

                                20% somewhat approve

                                10% somewhat disapprove

                                39% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

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

 

                                15% strongly approve

                                39% somewhat approve

                                21% somewhat disapprove

                                23% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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