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MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, October 26, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Gov

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Sen

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Maryland Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

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.