COLORADO SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday October 22, 2006

Toplines

Crosstabs for Ballot and Other Questions

Previous Colorado Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Beauprez or for Democrat Bill Ritter?

                                39% Beauprez

   51% Ritter             

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

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

                                33% very closely

37% somewhat closely

20% not very closely

  9% not at all
  1% not sure

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

                                  9% excellent

                                17% good

                                20% fair

                                44% poor

                                11% not sure

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

                                18% better

                                20% worse

                                47% about the same

                                14% not sure

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

                                13% very common

                                28% somewhat common

                                32% not very common

                                  9% not at all common

                                18% not sure

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

                                11% very important

                                21% somewhat important

                                31% not very important

                                31% not at all important

                                  5% not sure

7* 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?

27% strongly approve

18% somewhat approve

  9% somewhat disapprove

45% strongly disapprove

                               1% not sure

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