MISSOURI SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday October 12, 2006

1* In the Election for U.S. Senate this November, will you vote for Republican Jim Talent or Democrat Claire McCaskill?

43% Talent

42% McCaskill

4% some other candidate

10% not sure

WITH LEANERS

45% Talent

44% McCaskill

3% some other candidate

8% not sure

BREAKDOWN

45% Total Talent

38% Certain Talent

5% Talent

2% Lean Talent

44% Total McCaskill

36% Certain McCaskill

6% McCaskill

1% Lean McCaskill

3% Some Other Candidate

8% Not Sure

2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his/her opponent?

Talent voters

65% for Talent

28% against McCaskill

7% not sure

McCaskill voters

63% for McCaskill

32% against Talent

5% not sure

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

	McCaskill	Talent
Very favorable	24%	27%
Somewhat favorable	26%	24%
Somewhat unfavorable	19%	22%
Very unfavorable	27%	25%
Not sure	4%	2%

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

45% very closely

32% somewhat closely

15% not very closely

7% not at all
1% not sure

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

8% excellent

16% good

25% fair

41% poor

10% not sure

6* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?

20% better

21% worse

50% about the same

8% not sure

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

12% very common

29% somewhat common

31% not very common

9% not at all common

19% not sure

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

14% very important

19% somewhat important

31% not very important

32% not at all important

4% not sure

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

55% very closely

34% somewhat closely

9% not very closely

1% not at all
1% not sure

10* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?

18% excellent

29% good

22% fair

26% poor

5% not sure

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

21% part of the War on Terror

64% entirely separate from the War on Terror

14% not sure

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

35% the United States and its allies

25% the terrorists

30% neither

10% not sure

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

39% very important

39% somewhat important

15% not very important

6% not at all important

2% not sure

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