TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, May 18, 2006

 

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Previous Texas Survey

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1* Now… If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for , Republican Rick Perry, Democrat Chris Bell, Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, or Independent Kinky Friedman? If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?

 

38% Perry

14% Bell

19% Strayhorn

20% Friedman

                                  8% not sure

 

2* Now… If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison or for Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky?

 

                53% Hutchison

34% Radnofsky   

                                  8% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

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

 

 

Perry

Bell

Strayhorn

Friedman

Hutchison

Radnofsky

Very favorable

19%

  8%

 14%

17%

40%

10%

Somewhat favorable

37%

31%

 32%

20%

26%

23%

Somewhat unfavorable

 25%

23%

 26%

 23%

16%

21%

Very unfavorable

 16%

13%

 17%

 26%

12%

15%

Not sure

   3%

26%

 11%

 14%

  6%

30%

 

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?

 

51% Republicans

42% Democrats

  7% not sure

 

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

 

59% Republicans

35% Democrats

  6% not sure

 

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

 

43% Republicans

47% Democrats

10% not sure

 

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

 

48% Republicans

34% Democrats

18% not sure

 

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

 

52% Republicans

37% Democrats

11% 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?

 

                                24% excellent

                                25% good

                                19% fair

                                32% poor

                                  0% not sure

 

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

 

                                30% excellent

                                18% good

                                19% fair

                                30% 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

                                25% good

                                17% fair

                                40% poor

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

                                15% excellent

                                17% good

                                27% fair

                                39% poor

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

                                23% excellent

                                20% good

                                15% fair

                                41% poor

                  2% 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?

 

                                36% strongly approve

                                18% somewhat approve

                                11% somewhat disapprove

                                33% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

18% strongly approve

36% somewhat approve

20% somewhat disapprove

24% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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