ARKANSAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday, October 22, 2006

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Previous Arkansas Survey

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1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Asa Hutchinson or for Democrat Mike Beebe?

                41% Hutchinson

49% Beebe           

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

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

3* How closely have you followed news stories about the situation involving Congressman Mark Foley?

                                36% very closely

40% somewhat closely

17% not very closely

  6% not at all
  0% not sure

4* How do you rate the way that Republican leaders in Congress have handled the Foley situation?

                                  8% excellent

                                18% good

                                28% fair

                                40% poor

                                  6% not sure

5* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?

                                27% better

                                17% worse

                                49% about the same

                                  7% not sure

6* How common is it for members of Congress to have inappropriate relationships with their staff?

                                13% very common

                                33% somewhat common

                                28% not very common

                                  6% not at all common

                                19% not sure

7* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving Mark Foley?

                                24% very important

                                22% somewhat important

                                28% not very important

                                23% not at all important

                                  3% not sure

8* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about North Korea’s nuclear test?

                                60% very closely

31% somewhat closely

  7% not very closely

  1% not at all
  0% not sure

9* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?

                                20% excellent

                                22% good

                                24% fair

                                28% poor

                                  5% not sure

10* Is the situation with North Korea part of the War on Terror or something entirely separate from it?

                                27% part of the War on Terror

                                55% entirely separate from the War on Terror

                                19% not sure

11* Who’s winning war on terror the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

                                34% the United States and its allies

                                35% the terrorists

                                23% neither

                                  8% not sure

12* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving North Korea?

                                50% very important

                                32% somewhat important

                                11% not very important

                                  3% not at all important

                                  4% 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?

                                25% strongly approve

                                19% somewhat approve

                                15% somewhat disapprove

                                41% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

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

                                30% strongly approve

                                27% somewhat approve

                                20% somewhat disapprove

                                21% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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