CALIFORNIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday May 15, 2006

1* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor of California, suppose that Republicans nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats nominate Phil Angelides. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Phil Angelides?

45% Schwarzenegger

45% Angelides

6% some other candidate

4% not sure

2* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Steve Westly? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Steve Westly?

44% Schwarzenegger

46% Westly

5% some other candidate

6% not sure

3* Now… thinking about the 2006 election for the United State Senate… suppose that Republicans nominate Richard Mountjoy and Democrats nominate Dianne Feinstein. If the election for were held today, would you vote for Republican Richard Mountjoy or for Democrat Dianne Feinstein?

38% Mountjoy

55% Feinstein

2% some other candidate

5% not sure

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

	Schwarzenegger	Westly	Angelides	Feinstein	Mountjoy
Very favorable	23%	10%	14%	27%	10%
Somewhat favorable	28%	38%	30%	22%	24%
Somewhat unfavorable	26%	26%	19%	16%	19%
Very unfavorable	22%	14%	23%	29%	14%
Not sure	2%	12%	14%	6%	34%

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?

43% Republicans

48% Democrats

9% not sure

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

42% Republicans

47% Democrats

10% not sure

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

35% Republicans

54% Democrats

11% not sure

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

40% Republicans

42% Democrats

18% not sure

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

40% Republicans

48% Democrats

13% 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?

22% excellent

16% good

16% fair

45% poor

1% not sure

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

21% excellent

18% good

17% fair

43% poor

1% not sure

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

12% excellent

16% good

18% fair

51% poor

3% not sure

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

11% excellent

14% good

29% fair

43% poor

3% not sure

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

19% excellent

12% good

16% fair

51% poor

1% not sure

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

21% strongly approve

28% somewhat approve

21% somewhat disapprove

29% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

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