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MASSACHUSETTS  SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday October 22, 2006

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1* If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Kerry Healey, Democrat Deval Patrick, or Independent Christy Mihos?

 

                                29% Healey

53% Patrick          

                                11% Mihos

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

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

 

 

Patrick

Healey

Mihos

Very favorable

32%

 14%

  8%

Somewhat favorable

30%

 21%

 36%

Somewhat unfavorable

15%

22%

 29%

Very unfavorable

19%

40%

 18%

Not sure

  3%

  3%

  9%

 

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


                                37% very closely

44% somewhat closely

16% not very closely

  1% not at all
  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                  5% excellent

                                12% good

                                26% fair

                                52% poor

                                  6% 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?

 

                                25% better

                                15% worse

                                48% about the same

                                11% not sure

 

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

 

                                12% very common

                                31% somewhat common

                                31% not very common

                                  5% not at all common

                                21% not sure

 

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

 

                                12% very important

                                24% somewhat important

                                37% not very important

                                23% not at all important

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

                                60% very closely

36% somewhat closely

  3% 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?

 

                                15% excellent

                                21% good

                                24% fair

                                37% poor

                                  3% not sure

 

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

 

                                20% part of the War on Terror

                                72% entirely separate from the War on Terror

                                  8% not sure

 

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

 

                                27% the United States and its allies

                                37% the terrorists

                                32% neither

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

                                43% very important

                                37% somewhat important

                                16% not very important

                                  3% not at all important

                                  1% 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?

 

                                17% strongly approve

                                14% somewhat approve

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                60% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

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