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| Massachusetts Survey of 500 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted October 22, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Healey (R) | Patrick (D) | Mihos (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Follow Foley Story | Very Closely | 37% | 43% | 43% | 29% | 34% | 34% | 45% | 7% | 39% | 40% | 24% | 73% | 12% | 40% | 34% | 32% | 28% | 33% | 48% | 36% | 35% | 42% | 30% | 41% | 27% | 41% | 32% | 38% | 34% | 46% | 31% | 33% | 49% | 37% | 36% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 38% | 41% |
| Somewhat Closely | 44% | 34% | 46% | 46% | 42% | 45% | 44% | 52% | 36% | 48% | 53% | 17% | 36% | 42% | 46% | 44% | 53% | 42% | 39% | 46% | 46% | 40% | 50% | 41% | 45% | 38% | 52% | 49% | 46% | 45% | 36% | 45% | 40% | 48% | 45% | 35% | 48% | 46% | 46% | 39% | |
| Not Very Closely | 16% | 21% | 9% | 21% | 20% | 19% | 10% | 25% | 25% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 37% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 25% | 9% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 19% | 15% | 25% | 18% | 11% | 11% | 19% | 9% | 27% | 19% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 28% | 21% | 19% | 13% | 16% | |
| Not at All | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 16% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Healey (R) | Patrick (D) | Mihos (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| GOP Leaders Handling of Foley Situation | Excellent | 5% | 19% | 4% | 1% | 9% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 16% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 0% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 1% |
| Good | 12% | 31% | 4% | 11% | 27% | 7% | 6% | 0% | 27% | 3% | 11% | 36% | 3% | 14% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 6% | 18% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 14% | 8% | 31% | 17% | 12% | 3% | |
| Fair | 26% | 28% | 22% | 28% | 29% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 34% | 20% | 33% | 0% | 36% | 28% | 24% | 15% | 33% | 30% | 24% | 23% | 28% | 22% | 30% | 23% | 46% | 24% | 20% | 25% | 32% | 19% | 30% | 33% | 17% | 24% | 26% | 31% | 31% | 21% | 32% | 19% | |
| Poor | 52% | 16% | 67% | 50% | 28% | 50% | 73% | 26% | 17% | 72% | 48% | 64% | 38% | 48% | 55% | 74% | 44% | 43% | 54% | 51% | 48% | 57% | 46% | 55% | 36% | 50% | 54% | 51% | 48% | 57% | 46% | 43% | 62% | 53% | 48% | 50% | 23% | 46% | 44% | 71% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 42% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 0% | 23% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 6% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Healey (R) | Patrick (D) | Mihos (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| If Foley was Dem, Would Dem Leaders Have Done | Better | 25% | 6% | 41% | 19% | 15% | 21% | 40% | 26% | 5% | 37% | 22% | 13% | 39% | 27% | 24% | 32% | 25% | 28% | 24% | 22% | 27% | 23% | 26% | 25% | 16% | 22% | 19% | 24% | 37% | 29% | 18% | 22% | 26% | 27% | 27% | 24% | 6% | 24% | 24% | 33% |
| Worse | 15% | 49% | 7% | 11% | 37% | 11% | 4% | 7% | 39% | 2% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 22% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 17% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 9% | 18% | 21% | 15% | 19% | 14% | 20% | 18% | 18% | 11% | 7% | 33% | 18% | 14% | 10% | |
| About the Same | 48% | 35% | 44% | 57% | 38% | 58% | 44% | 51% | 49% | 50% | 47% | 74% | 26% | 45% | 52% | 33% | 46% | 47% | 53% | 54% | 46% | 52% | 45% | 50% | 57% | 55% | 45% | 48% | 43% | 45% | 60% | 48% | 44% | 48% | 54% | 49% | 50% | 43% | 54% | 45% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 16% | 6% | 12% | 15% | 0% | 23% | 6% | 16% | 21% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 19% | 13% | 18% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 10% | 15% | 8% | 12% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Healey (R) | Patrick (D) | Mihos (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Congress Having Inappropriate Staff Relationship | Very common | 12% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 25% | 9% | 12% | 19% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 13% | 21% | 22% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 16% | 7% | 19% | 10% | 7% | 16% | 13% | 6% | 11% | 15% |
| Somewhat common | 31% | 29% | 33% | 31% | 34% | 35% | 26% | 7% | 39% | 25% | 31% | 46% | 48% | 30% | 33% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 36% | 28% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 30% | 37% | 41% | 29% | 34% | 33% | 25% | 32% | 32% | 30% | 34% | 31% | 28% | 36% | 29% | 41% | 20% | |
| Not very common | 31% | 40% | 34% | 26% | 25% | 32% | 36% | 0% | 36% | 34% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 36% | 27% | 17% | 15% | 48% | 31% | 43% | 32% | 30% | 25% | 35% | 18% | 26% | 36% | 36% | 32% | 37% | 20% | 31% | 31% | 33% | 38% | 18% | 25% | 40% | 28% | 31% | |
| Not at All common | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 11% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 14% | 19% | 25% | 20% | 16% | 26% | 68% | 12% | 24% | 29% | 18% | 27% | 19% | 23% | 29% | 30% | 13% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 22% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 23% | 19% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 24% | 15% | 19% | 21% | 28% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 28% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Healey (R) | Patrick (D) | Mihos (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| How Important is Foley Issue to Vote | Very Important | 12% | 4% | 16% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 13% | 19% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 13% | 32% | 18% | 7% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 11% | 4% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 15% | 7% |
| Somewhat Important | 24% | 19% | 25% | 25% | 15% | 27% | 27% | 0% | 14% | 30% | 19% | 9% | 30% | 20% | 28% | 31% | 20% | 25% | 23% | 26% | 23% | 26% | 25% | 23% | 31% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 24% | |||||||