NEBRASKA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday, October 16, 2006

1* If the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Dave Heineman or for Democrat David Hahn?

70% Heineman

22% Hahn

4% some other candidate

4% not sure

2* If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Pete Ricketts or for Democrat Ben Nelson?

34% Ricketts

54% Nelson

5% some other candidate

6% not sure

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

	Nelson	Ricketts	Heineman	Hahn
Very favorable	24%	14%	34%	7%
Somewhat favorable	43%	27%	43%	32%
Somewhat unfavorable	23%	25%	15%	31%
Very unfavorable	9%	31%	5%	9%
Not sure	1%	3%	3%	21%

4* 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?

32% strongly approve

28% somewhat approve

10% somewhat disapprove

29% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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

32% strongly approve

44% somewhat approve

15% somewhat disapprove

6% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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