ARIZONA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday May 24, 2006

 

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Arizona Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican John Kyl or for Democrat Jim Pederson?

 

                                52% Kyl

35% Pederson

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

2* In the 2006 election for Governor, Janet Napolitano may face one of several Republican challengers. Suppose the Republicans nominate Don Goldwater…if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Don Goldwater or for Democrat Janet Napolitano?

 

34% Goldwater

55% Napolitano   

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

 

3* Okay… what if the Republicans nominate Len Munsil?  If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Len Munsil or for Democrat Janet Napolitano?

 

29% Munsil

58% Napolitano   

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

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

 

 

Napolitano

Goldwater

Munsil

Kyl

Pederson

Very favorable

35%

  9%

13%

34%

16%

Somewhat favorable

31%

33%

21%

25%

28%

Somewhat unfavorable

16%

22%

23%

16%

20%

Very unfavorable

14%

  9%

13%

17%

17%

Not sure

  3%

26%

31%

  8%

    19%

 

5* I’m going to read you a short list of issues. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue. First, the economy. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of the economy—Republicans or Democrats?

 

47% Republicans

40% Democrats

13% not sure

 

6* Next… national security… Which political party do you trust more on National Security—Republicans or Democrats?

 

50% Republicans

35% Democrats

14% not sure

 

7* Okay… energy policy… Which political party do you trust more on energy policy?

 

40% Republicans

44% Democrats

16% not sure

 

8* Fine… immigration… Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?

 

44% Republicans

33% Democrats

23% not sure

 

9* Next… the War in Iraq… Which political party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?

 

45% Republicans

38% Democrats

17% not sure

 

10* Next… I’d like you to rate the way that President Bush has handled key issues… First, the economy… Overall, how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled the economy…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

                                23% excellent

                                23% good

                                18% fair

                                34% poor

                                  1% not sure

 

11* Next… national security… how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled National Security issues?

 

                                25% excellent

                                24% good

                                14% fair

                                36% poor

                                  2% not sure

 

12* Fine… energy policy… Overall, how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled the nation’s energy policy?

 

                                11% excellent

                                23% good

                                23% fair

                                41% poor

                                  3% not sure

 

13* Fine… how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled immigration policy?

 

                                15% excellent

                                17% good

                                23% fair

                                41% poor

                                  4% not sure

 

14* Last one…how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled the War in Iraq?

 

                                25% excellent

                                17% good

                                12% fair

                                45% poor

                  1% not sure

 

15* 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?

 

                                30% strongly approve

                                16% somewhat approve

                                12% somewhat disapprove

                                40% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

33% strongly approve

29% somewhat approve

16% somewhat disapprove

18% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

 

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