Michigan Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 22, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports

		Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	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	39%	34%	44%	36%	38%	35%	46%	31%	45%	32%	23%	34%	41%	41%	43%	39%	38%	33%	42%	43%	35%	40%	33%	41%	42%	29%	44%	49%	35%	44%	22%	29%	37%	47%	40%
	Somewhat Closely	36%	36%	34%	41%	37%	39%	33%	24%	36%	37%	16%	33%	32%	41%	43%	38%	33%	34%	38%	26%	41%	39%	35%	39%	37%	39%	31%	30%	40%	42%	27%	46%	45%	22%	32%
	Not Very Closely	17%	20%	16%	15%	18%	17%	14%	34%	14%	20%	25%	24%	18%	14%	11%	15%	21%	21%	15%	25%	15%	13%	24%	12%	15%	24%	19%	15%	15%	12%	35%	17%	12%	20%	21%
	Not at All	7%	9%	5%	8%	6%	8%	6%	11%	5%	9%	35%	9%	6%	2%	3%	6%	9%	12%	4%	5%	8%	8%	9%	6%	6%	3%	6%	6%	8%	2%	16%	6%	6%	9%	7%
	Not Sure	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	2%	1%	5%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%	0%	2%	0%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	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	6%	15%	2%	2%	15%	2%	2%	0%	10%	3%	4%	4%	3%	8%	9%	8%	3%	8%	6%	5%	9%	7%	4%	3%	5%	12%	4%	4%	7%	9%	5%	10%	4%	5%	7%
	Good	18%	33%	7%	15%	36%	10%	7%	15%	20%	17%	26%	19%	21%	13%	21%	20%	15%	20%	17%	14%	15%	22%	17%	16%	21%	18%	7%	27%	22%	15%	17%	28%	16%	18%	14%
	Fair	24%	28%	19%	24%	24%	29%	16%	7%	19%	28%	17%	26%	23%	24%	24%	26%	20%	23%	24%	22%	23%	15%	29%	26%	27%	37%	18%	28%	21%	28%	21%	25%	24%	30%	17%
	Poor	43%	15%	63%	49%	17%	51%	64%	68%	48%	38%	38%	37%	41%	50%	40%	39%	52%	38%	46%	52%	44%	45%	36%	46%	44%	16%	54%	38%	40%	44%	43%	33%	47%	36%	51%
	Not Sure	9%	8%	9%	10%	8%	9%	10%	11%	3%	14%	16%	14%	12%	5%	5%	8%	11%	12%	7%	7%	9%	10%	13%	9%	2%	16%	17%	3%	10%	4%	14%	4%	9%	11%	11%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	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	22%	5%	44%	14%	7%	20%	45%	46%	25%	20%	18%	16%	24%	27%	21%	17%	33%	14%	27%	34%	23%	23%	17%	18%	20%	5%	26%	18%	16%	28%	28%	9%	26%	21%	28%
	Worse	17%	35%	3%	15%	35%	9%	5%	0%	21%	13%	16%	20%	19%	12%	21%	21%	9%	19%	16%	14%	16%	18%	23%	17%	16%	16%	16%	19%	21%	16%	8%	30%	13%	16%	13%
	About the Same	45%	54%	34%	50%	51%	51%	30%	30%	44%	46%	35%	49%	42%	47%	44%	47%	40%	49%	43%	39%	44%	45%	45%	43%	48%	61%	32%	50%	48%	43%	47%	48%	49%	47%	37%
	Not Sure	16%	7%	20%	21%	7%	20%	20%	24%	10%	21%	32%	15%	15%	14%	14%	15%	18%	18%	15%	13%	17%	13%	15%	22%	16%	18%	26%	13%	15%	12%	17%	14%	11%	16%	22%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	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	14%	12%	17%	13%	10%	11%	25%	15%	16%	13%	36%	21%	12%	10%	9%	13%	17%	18%	12%	31%	16%	5%	11%	11%	14%	10%	20%	16%	11%	11%	23%	20%	8%	14%	18%
	Somewhat common	29%	30%	29%	29%	31%	26%	30%	31%	28%	31%	33%	26%	32%	28%	30%	28%	32%	28%	30%	31%	31%	33%	33%	36%	16%	23%	31%	27%	30%	29%	29%	26%	30%	27%	31%
	Not very common	26%	34%	20%	23%	32%	28%	16%	0%	28%	23%	20%	22%	26%	27%	30%	29%	20%	28%	25%	16%	25%	28%	17%	22%	40%	17%	15%	28%	29%	28%	20%	24%	31%	29%	19%
	Not at All common	7%	4%	9%	7%	6%	8%	6%	0%	9%	5%	4%	0%	7%	10%	8%	7%	6%	3%	9%	3%	5%	5%	17%	4%	8%	20%	10%	0%	8%	8%	6%	4%	11%	10%	2%
	Not Sure	24%	20%	25%	28%	21%	25%	24%	54%	19%	28%	8%	31%	22%	25%	23%	24%	24%	23%	24%	18%	23%	29%	23%	27%	21%	31%	25%	29%	23%	23%	22%	26%	20%	20%	30%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	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	18%	7%	33%	12%	10%	19%	30%	0%	22%	15%	13%	23%	13%	19%	21%	16%	23%	15%	21%	22%	24%	16%	27%	17%	9%	8%	29%	10%	16%	23%	15%	19%	21%	15%	18%
	Somewhat Important	17%	15%	20%	13%	15%	19%	16%	15%	15%	19%	8%	21%	14%	16%	21%	14%	21%	14%	18%	27%	15%	11%	6%	19%	18%	11%	14%	16%	13%	19%	22%	21%	16%	18%	13%
	Not Very Important	30%	33%	22%	39%	28%	35%	27%	25%	27%	33%	30%	21%	35%	31%	34%	32%	27%	28%	31%	21%	36%	34%	38%	27%	27%	37%	22%	36%	32%	34%	18%	29%	31%	32%	28%
	Not at All Important	28%	39%	17%	29%	42%	19%	21%	36%	30%	25%	37%	33%	32%	24%	19%	32%	20%	34%	24%	22%	17%	31%	22%	34%	43%	25%	24%	32%	33%	18%	33%	22%	28%	26%	33%
	Not Sure	7%	5%	9%	7%	5%	9%	6%	24%	5%	9%	12%	2%	6%	10%	5%	6%	10%	9%	6%	8%	8%	8%	7%	3%	3%	19%	11%	6%	5%	6%	12%	10%	3%	10%	7%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other