PENNSYLVANIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday, May 22, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

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Previous Pennsylvania Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Lynn Swann or for Democrat Ed Rendell?

 

                34% Swann

52% Rendell         

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

2* OK… If the election for the United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Rick Santorum or for Democrat Bob Casey, Jr.?

 

33% Santorum

56% Casey           

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

 

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

 

 

Rendell

Swann

Casey

Santorum

Very favorable

27%

16%

18%

19%

Somewhat favorable

37%

36%

41%

23%

Somewhat unfavorable

21%

24%

19%

21%

Very unfavorable

13%

10%

  9%

26%

Not sure

  5%

14%

13%

11%

 

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?

 

38% Republicans

51% Democrats

11% not sure

 

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

 

43% Republicans

44% Democrats

14% not sure

 

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

 

30% Republicans

55% Democrats

15% not sure

 

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

 

35% Republicans

42% Democrats

24% not sure

 

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

 

34% Republicans

48% Democrats

19% 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?

 

                                13% excellent

                                18% good

                                24% fair

                                45% poor

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                21% excellent

                                15% good

                                26% fair

                                35% 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?

 

                                  6% excellent

                                14% good

                                24% fair

                                53% poor

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

                                10% excellent

                                15% good

                                24% fair

                                44% poor

                                  7% not sure

 

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

 

                                12% excellent

                                16% good

                                15% fair

                                56% poor

                  2% not sure

 

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

 

24% strongly approve

38% somewhat approve

21% somewhat disapprove

15% strongly disapprove

                                  2% 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?

 

                                22% strongly approve

                                14% somewhat approve

                                17% somewhat disapprove

                                45% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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