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MISSOURI SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday October 25, 2006

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Previous Missouri Survey

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

 

                                48% Talent

46% McCaskill     

                                  3% some other candidate

                                13% not sure

 

WITH LEANERS

 

50% Talent

48% McCaskill     

                                  1% some other candidate

                  2% not sure

 

BREAKDOWN

 

50% Total Talent

                44% Certain Talent

                  4% Talent

                  2% Lean Talent

 

48% Total McCaskill

                40% Certain McCaskill

                  6% McCaskill

                  1% Lean McCaskill

 

                  1% Some Other Candidate

                  2% Not Sure

 

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

 

                Talent voters

72% for Talent

26% against McCaskill

  2% not sure

               

McCaskill voters

58% for McCaskill

37% against Talent

  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

McCaskill

Talent

Very favorable

24%

31%

Somewhat favorable

24%

20%

Somewhat unfavorable

19%

16%

Very unfavorable

31%

31%

Not sure

  2%

  2%

 

5* How often are you following news stories about the political campaigns in your state?

 

  3% rarely or never

  9% occasionally

30% a few times per week

58% every day

  1% mot sure

 

6* 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?

 

46% Republican

47% Democratic

  7% mot sure

 

7* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

 

  3% excellent

20% good

26% fair

50% poor

  0% not sure

 

8* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

 

21% excellent

25% good

33% fair

21% poor

  1% not sure

 

9* Is the War in Iraq part of the War on Terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?

 

55% Part of War on Terror

37% distraction

  8% not sure

 

10* Which political party do you trust more to handle the War in Iraq-Republicans or Democrats?

 

48% Republicans

48% Democrats

13% not sure

 

11* Which political party do you trust more to handle the Economy-Republicans or Democrats?

 

47% Republicans

46% Democrats

  7% not sure

 

12* 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?

 

                                33% strongly approve

                                20% somewhat approve

                                  8% somewhat disapprove

                                39% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

13* How would you rate the job Matt Blunt has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

                                26% strongly approve

                                22% somewhat approve

                                17% somewhat disapprove

                                33% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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