OREGON SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday May 17, 2006

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Previous Oregon Survey

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1* Now… thinking about the election for Governor, if the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Ron Saxton or Democrat Ted Kulongoski?

                                41% Saxton

43% Kulongoski  

                                  7% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

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

3* 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?

40% Republicans

45% Democrats

15% not sure

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

40% Republicans

42% Democrats

18% not sure

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

29% Republicans

48% Democrats

23% not sure

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

35% Republicans

37% Democrats

28% not sure

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

37% Republicans

43% Democrats

20% not sure

8* 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?

                                16% excellent

                                17% good

                                22% fair

                                44% poor

                                  1% not sure

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

                                18% excellent

                                19% good

                                20% fair

                                41% poor

                                  2% not sure

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

                                  8% excellent

                                14% good

                                20% fair

                                53% poor

                                  5% not sure

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

                                10% excellent

                                15% good

                                24% fair

                                47% poor

                                  4% not sure

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

                                13% excellent

                                16% good

                                18% fair

                                52% poor

                  2% not sure

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

  8% strongly approve

41% somewhat approve

27% somewhat disapprove

24% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

14* 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?

                                22% strongly approve

                                20% somewhat approve

                                10% somewhat disapprove

                                47% strongly disapprove

  1% not sure

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