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KANSAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday October 22, 2006

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Previous Kansas Survey

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1* In the Election for Governor this November, will you vote for Republican Jim Barnett or Democrat Kathleen Sebelius?

 

                                37% Barnett

56% Sebelius       

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Sebelius

Barnett

Very favorable

38%

18%

Somewhat favorable

33%

34%

Somewhat unfavorable

17%

26%

Very unfavorable

10%

13%

Not sure

  2%

  8%

 

3* How closely have you followed news stories about the situation involving Congressman Mark Foley?


                                30% very closely

40% somewhat closely

22% not very closely

  7% not at all
  1% not sure

 

4* How do you rate the way that Republican leaders in Congress have handled the Foley situation?

 

                                  9% excellent

                                17% good

                                26% fair

                                36% poor

                                12% not sure

 

5* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?

 

                                17% better

                                20% worse

                                51% about the same

                                12% not sure

 

6* How common is it for members of Congress to have inappropriate relationships with their staff?

 

                                12% very common

                                25% somewhat common

                                33% not very common

                                  5% not at all common

                                25% not sure

 

7* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving Mark Foley?

 

                                13% very important

                                24% somewhat important

                                32% not very important

                                26% not at all important

                                  6% not sure

 

8* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about North Korea’s nuclear test?

 

                                51% very closely

37% somewhat closely

10% not very closely

  1% not at all
  0% not sure

 

9* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?

 

                                21% excellent

                                25% good

                                24% fair

                                26% poor

                                  5% not sure

 

10* Is the situation with North Korea part of the War on Terror or something entirely separate from it?

 

                                26% part of the War on Terror

                                61% entirely separate from the War on Terror

                                13% not sure

 

11* Who’s winning war on terror the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

 

                                39% the United States and its allies

                                27% the terrorists

                                27% neither

                                  7% not sure

 

12* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving North Korea?

 

                                38% very important

                                38% somewhat important

                                16% not very important

                                  5% not at all important

                                  2% not sure

 

13* 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?

 

                                28% strongly approve

                                23% somewhat approve

                                11% somewhat disapprove

                                38% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                37% strongly approve

                                32% somewhat approve

                                18% somewhat disapprove

                                13% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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