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FLORIDA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday, October 2, 2006

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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.