IOWA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, October 5, 2006

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Chet Culver?

42% Nussle

42% Culver

6% some other candidate

11% not sure

WITH LEANERS

45% Nussle

44% Culver

4% some other candidate

8% not sure

BREAKDOWN

45% Total Nussle

29% Certain Nussle

13% Nussle

3% Lean Nussle

44% Total Culver

28% Certain Culver

14% Culver

2% Lean Culver

4% Some Other Candidate

8% Not Sure

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

Nussle voters

71% for candidate

22% against Culver

7% not sure

Culver voters

50% for candidate

38% against Nussle

12% not sure

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

	Nussle	Culver
Very favorable	22%	15%
Somewhat favorable	28%	31%
Somewhat unfavorable	27%	31%
Very unfavorable	18%	13%
Not sure	9%	10%

4* Okay… I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news today. For each, please let me know how important it will be in terms of how you will vote this November—first—the economy.

64% very important

33% somewhat important

3% not very important

0% not at all important

1% not sure

5* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on Terror…

72% very important

24% somewhat important

3% not very important

1% not at all important

0% not sure

6* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values

53% very important

24% somewhat important

16% not very important

6% not at all important

2% not sure

7* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security

69% very important

26% somewhat important

4% not very important

1% not at all important

0% not sure

8* Great… what about immigration

53% very important

27% somewhat important

13% not very important

5% not at all important

2% not sure

9* Last one… reigning in government corruption…

69% very important

22% somewhat important

5% not very important

0% not at all important

3% not sure

10* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would raise taxes?

41% yes

38% no

21% not sure

11* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would consider changes to Social Security?

45% yes

31% no

24% not sure

12* Should all American troops in Iraq be brought home within a year?

46% yes

34% no

20% not sure

13* Finally, 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?

41% Republican

45% Democratic

13% 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?

26% strongly approve

19% somewhat approve

11% somewhat disapprove

43% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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

20% strongly approve

34% somewhat approve

25% somewhat disapprove

17% strongly disapprove

3% not sure

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