CALIFORNIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Saturday October 28, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous California Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or for Democrat Phil Angelides?

                                53% Schwarzenegger

40% Angelides    

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  3% not sure

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

                Schwarzenegger voters

66% for Schwarzenegger

31% against Angelides

  2% not sure

Angelides voters

35% for Angelides

58% against Schwarzenegger

  7% not sure

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

4* 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?

42% Republican

55% Democratic

  3% mot sure

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

  2% excellent

17% good

21% fair

58% poor

  2% not sure

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

20% excellent

24% good

40% fair

16% poor

  1% not sure

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

40% Republicans

50% Democrats

10% not sure

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

42% Republicans

48% Democrats

11% not sure

9* 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

                                13% somewhat approve

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                47% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

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

26% strongly approve

30% somewhat approve

20% somewhat disapprove 

22% strongly disapprove

  1% not sure

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