NEW JERSEY SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday October 25, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
1* If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican Tom Kean, Jr. or for Democrat Robert Menendez?
43% Kean
41% Menendez
9% some other candidate
8% not sure
WITH LEANERS
45% Kean
45% Menendez
5% some other candidate
6% not sure
2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Kean voters
48% for Kean
43% against Menendez
8% not sure
Menendez voters
58% for Menendez
34% against Kean
7% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Menendez |
Kean |
|
Very favorable |
11% |
14% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
30% |
30% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
25% |
30% |
|
Very unfavorable |
29% |
23% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
4% |
4* How often are you following news stories about the political campaigns in your state?
5% rarely or never
18% occasionally
34% a few times per week
42% every day
1% mot sure
5* 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?
36% Republican
54% Democratic
10% mot sure
6* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?
4% excellent
13% good
19% fair
64% poor
0% not sure
7* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?
18% excellent
23% good
37% fair
22% poor
0% not sure
8* Which political party do you trust more to handle the War in Iraq-Republicans or Democrats?
40% Republicans
44% Democrats
16% not sure
9* Which political party do you trust more to handle the Economy-Republicans or Democrats?
42% Republicans
50% Democrats
8% not sure
10* 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?
28% strongly approve
14% somewhat approve
9% somewhat disapprove
49% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
11* How would you rate the job Jon Corzine has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
17% strongly approve
36% somewhat approve
25% somewhat disapprove
21% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.