NEBRASKA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Pete Ricketts or for Democrat Ben Nelson?
35% Ricketts
54% Nelson
1% some other candidate
9% not sure
2* If the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Dave Heineman or for Democrat David Hahn?
73% Heineman
18% Hahn
4% some other candidate
6% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Nelson |
Ricketts |
Heineman |
Hahn |
|
Very favorable |
31% |
19% |
40% |
5% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
47% |
36% |
44% |
32% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
14% |
17% |
10% |
22% |
|
Very unfavorable |
3% |
14% |
3% |
8% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
13% |
4% |
32% |
4* 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?
57% Republicans
32% Democrats
11% not sure
5* Next… national security… Which political party do you trust more on National Security—Republicans or Democrats?
58% Republicans
32% Democrats
10% not sure
6* Okay… energy policy… Which political party do you trust more on energy policy?
43% Republicans
42% Democrats
15% not sure
7* Fine… immigration… Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?
51% Republicans
27% Democrats
23% not sure
8* Next… the War in Iraq… Which political party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?
50% Republicans
33% Democrats
16% not sure
9* 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
29% good
18% fair
31% poor
0% not sure
10* Next… national security… how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled National Security issues?
24% excellent
28% good
21% fair
25% poor
2% not sure
11* Fine… energy policy… Overall, how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled the nation’s energy policy?
16% excellent
19% good
20% fair
42% poor
3% not sure
12* Fine… how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled immigration policy?
10% excellent
19% good
29% fair
39% poor
4% not sure
13* Last one…how would you rate the way that President Bush has handled the War in Iraq?
20% excellent
21% good
17% fair
42% poor
1% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.