ALASKA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday October 29, 2006

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

42% Palin

40% Knowles

12% Halcro

6% not sure

WITH LEANERS:

45% Palin

44% Knowles

6% Halcro

5% not sure

2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?

Palin voters

70% for Palin

29% against Knowles

2% not sure

Knowles voters

76% for Knowles

18% against Palin

7% not sure

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

	Palin	Knowles
Very favorable	28%	24%
Somewhat favorable	37%	31%
Somewhat unfavorable	21%	20%
Very unfavorable	11%	23%
Not sure	3%	1%

4* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

4% excellent

19% good

26% fair

50% poor

0% not sure

5* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

19% excellent

32% good

36% fair

13% poor

0% not sure

6* Which political party do you trust more to handle the War in Iraq-Republicans or Democrats?

48% Republicans

39% Democrats

14% not sure

7* Which political party do you trust more to handle the Economy-Republicans or Democrats?

49% Republicans

40% Democrats

11% not sure

8* 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

20% somewhat approve

9% somewhat disapprove

40% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

9* 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?

7% strongly approve

16% somewhat approve

24% somewhat disapprove

51% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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