IOWA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Chet Culver?
44% Nussle
47% Culver
3% some other candidate
15% not sure
WITH LEANERS
45% Nussle
49% Culver
3% some other candidate
4% not sure
BREAKDOWN
45% Total Nussle
35% Certain Nussle
9% Nussle
1% Lean Nussle
49% Total Culver
38% Certain Culver
9% Culver
1% Lean Culver
3% Some Other Candidate
4% Not Sure
2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Nussle voters
69% for candidate
20% against Culver
11% not sure
Culver voters
53% for candidate
41% against Nussle
6% 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 |
29% |
35% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
22% |
26% |
|
Very unfavorable |
22% |
16% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
5% |
4* How closely have you followed news stories about the situation involving Congressman Mark Foley?
33% very closely
38% somewhat closely
22% not very closely
6% not at all
2% not sure
5* How do you rate the way that Republican leaders in Congress have handled the Foley situation?
7% excellent
18% good
23% fair
40% poor
12% not sure
6* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?
22% better
20% worse
46% about the same
12% not sure
7* How common is it for members of Congress to have inappropriate relationships with their staff?
9% very common
31% somewhat common
33% not very common
8% not at all common
19% not sure
8* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving Mark Foley?
13% very important
23% somewhat important
32% not very important
27% not at all important
5% not sure
9* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about North Korea’s nuclear test?
50% very closely
38% somewhat closely
8% not very closely
3% not at all
0% not sure
10* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?
17% excellent
26% good
24% fair
27% poor
6% not sure
11* Is the situation with North Korea part of the War on Terror or something entirely separate from it?
24% part of the War on Terror
59% entirely separate from the War on Terror
17% not sure
12* Who’s winning war on terror the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
37% the United States and its allies
30% the terrorists
23% neither
10% not sure
13* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving North Korea?
37% very important
40% somewhat important
14% not very important
4% not at all important
5% 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?
27% strongly approve
17% somewhat approve
10% somewhat disapprove
45% 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?
22% strongly approve
33% somewhat approve
23% somewhat disapprove
19% strongly disapprove
3% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.