NEBRASKA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

 

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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.