TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
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.