MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Gov
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Sen
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Ehrlich or for Democrat Martin O’Malley?
45% Ehrlich
50% O’Malley
0% some other candidate
5% not sure
WITH LEANERS
47% Ehrlich
50% O’Malley
0% some other candidate
3% not sure
BREAKDOWN
47% Total Ehrlich
41% Certain Ehrlich
6% Ehrlich
0% Lean Ehrlich
50% Total O’Malley
38% Certain O’Malley
12% O’Malley
0% Lean O’Malley
0% Some Other Candidate
2% Not Sure
2* If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Steele or for Democrat Ben Cardin?
42% Steele
49% Cardin
5% Zeese
1% some other candidate
3% not sure
WITH LEANERS
45% Steele
50% Cardin
2% Zeese
1% some other candidate
2% not sure
BREAKDOWN
45% Total Steele
36% Certain Steele
7% Steele
3% Lean Steele
50% Total Cardin
37% Certain Cardin
12% Cardin
1% Lean Cardin
2% Zeese
2% Not Sure
3* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Steele voters
85% for Steele
12% against Cardin
3% not sure
Cardin voters
72% for Cardin
21% against Steele
7% not sure
4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Ehrlich |
O’Malley |
Cardin |
Steele |
Zeese |
|
Very favorable |
31% |
19% |
27% |
33% |
5% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
26% |
41% |
31% |
20% |
17% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
27% |
19% |
20% |
20% |
16% |
|
Very unfavorable |
14% |
18% |
18% |
22% |
6% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
56% |
5* Suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year. Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party?
35% Republican
58% Democratic
7% mot sure
6* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?
3% excellent
14% good
21% fair
61% poor
1% not sure
7* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?
18% excellent
29% good
36% fair
16% poor
0% not sure
8* Is the War in Iraq part of the War on Terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?
41% Part of War on Terror
51% distraction
7% not sure
9* Which political party do you trust more to handle the War in Iraq-Republicans or Democrats?
39% Republicans
52% Democrats
9% not sure
10* Which political party do you trust more to handle the Economy-Republicans or Democrats?
39% Republicans
52% Democrats
9% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.