MISSOURI SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday October 30, 2006

Toplines

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Missouri Survey

Daily Snapshot

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

                                46% Talent

47% McCaskill     

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  3% not sure

WITH LEANERS

47% Talent

48% McCaskill     

                                  2% some other candidate

                  3% not sure

BREAKDOWN

47% Total Talent

                43% Certain Talent

                  3% Talent

                  1% Lean Talent

48% Total McCaskill

                44% Certain McCaskill

                  2% McCaskill

                  1% Lean McCaskill

                  2% Some Other Candidate

                  3% Not Sure

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

                Talent voters

63% for Talent

34% against McCaskill

  3% not sure

McCaskill voters

56% for McCaskill

39% against Talent

  4% not sure

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

4* Have you read seen or head anything about a campaign commercial featuring Michael J. Fox?

92% yes

  7% no

  1% not sure

5* Okay… have you read, seen, or heard anything about a campaign commercial featuring Kurt Warner and other sports figures?

68% yes

31% no

  1% not sure

6* Was the Michael J. Fox commercial intended to help Jim Talent or Claire McCaskill?

  4% Talent

84% McCaskill

12% not sure

7* When thinking about how you will vote this November, how important is the issue of stem cell research?

67% very important

20% somewhat important

  9% not very important

  2% not at all important

  1% not sure

8* Which candidate do you trust more on the issue of stem cell research, Jim Talent or Claire McCaskill?

47% Talent

41% McCaskill

12% not sure

9* Which candidate do you trust more on economic issues?

46% Talent

44% McCaskill

11% not sure

10* Finally, which candidate do you trust more when it comes to the situation in Iraq?

46% Talent

42% McCaskill

12% not sure

11* 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

                                17% somewhat approve

                                  6% somewhat disapprove

                                43% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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