FLORIDA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday, October 2, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Favorables
1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Charley Crist or Democrat Jim Davis?
54% Crist
38% Davis
3% some other candidate
6% not sure
WITH LEANERS
55% Crist
40% Davis
1% some other candidate
4% not sure
BREAKDOWN
55% Total Crist
39% Certain Crist
15% Crist
1% Lean Crist
40% Total Davis
27% Certain Davis
11% Davis
2% Lean Davis
1% Some Other Candidate
4% Not Sure
2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
CRIST VOTERS
79% for candidate
16% against opponent
5% not sure
DAVIS VOTERS
62% for candidate
28% against opponent
10% not sure
3* If the election for the U. S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican Katherine Harris or Democrat Bill Nelson?
37% Harris
54% Nelson
2% some other candidate
7% not sure
4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Davis |
Crist |
Nelson |
Harris |
|
Very favorable |
16% |
35% |
25% |
17% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
33% |
30% |
30% |
21% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
27% |
19% |
21% |
14% |
|
Very unfavorable |
9% |
11% |
12% |
39% |
|
Not sure |
15% |
6% |
12% |
8% |
5* In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?
23% the economy
9% immigration
12% government corruption
25% national security
20% the War in Iraq
3% same-sex marriage
6% some other issue
2% not sure
6* I’m going to read you a short list of issues. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue. First, national security. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of national security—Republicans or Democrats?
49% Republicans
41% Democrats
10% not sure
7* Fine…the War in Iraq…Which party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?
40% Republicans
49% Democrats
10% not sure
8* Okay… the economy. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of the economy—Republicans or Democrats?
43% Republicans
47% Democrats
10% not sure
9* Great…immigration. Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?
42% Republicans
37% Democrats
21% not sure
10* Okay…taxes. Which political party do you trust more on taxes?
45% Republicans
43% Democrats
13% not sure
11* Fine…Is the War in Iraq part of the war on terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?
46% Iraq part of War on Terror
46% distraction
8% not sure
12*Great…which is more important in terms of deciding how you will vote…a candidates political party or their individual character?
14% political party
81% character
6% not sure
13*Have you ever met your representative in Congress?
22% yes
74% no
4% not sure
14* 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?
31% strongly approve
15% somewhat approve
9% somewhat disapprove
43% strongly disapprove
2% not sure
15* How would you rate the job Jeb Bush has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
40% strongly approve
23% somewhat approve
18% somewhat disapprove
19% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.