ALASKA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday October 9, 2006

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Previous Alaska Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Frank Murkowski or for Democrat Tony Knowles?

47% Palin

                                40% Knowles

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

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

3* Okay… I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news today. For each, please let me know how important it will be in terms of how you will vote this November—first—the economy.

57% very important

35% somewhat important

  6% not very important

  2% not at all important

  1% not sure

4* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on Terror…

                68% very important

22% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  3% not at all important

  1% not sure

5* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values

42% very important

24% somewhat important

22% not very important

11% not at all important

  1% not sure

6* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security

62% very important

32% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

7* Great… what about immigration

43% very important

29% somewhat important

21% not very important

  5% not at all important

  1% not sure

8* Last one… reigning in government corruption…

74% very important

17% somewhat important

  6% not very important

  2% not at all important

  1% not sure

9* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would raise taxes?
 

                49% yes

                33% no

                19% not sure

10* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would consider changes to Social Security?

                57% yes

                26% no

                18% not sure

11* Should all American troops in Iraq be brought home within a year?

                                45% yes

                35% no

                20% not sure

                12* Finally, suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year.  Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party?

                                46% Republican

                                44% Democratic

                                10% not sure

13* 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?

                                29% strongly approve

                                19% somewhat approve

                                  8% somewhat disapprove

                                44% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

14* How would you rate the job Frank Murkowski 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

                                15% somewhat approve

                                19% somewhat disapprove

                                58% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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