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IOWA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, October 19, 2006

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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.