OREGON SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Saturday, October 28, 2006

1* Thinking about the election for Governor, if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Ron Saxton or Democrat Ted Kulongoski?

44% Saxton

51% Kulongoski

3% some other candidate

2% not sure

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

Saxton voters

65% for Saxton

29% against Kulongoski

6% not sure

Kulongoski voters

54% for Kulongoski

39% against Saxton

7% not sure

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

	Kulongoski	Saxton
Very favorable	21%	20%
Somewhat favorable	38%	26%
Somewhat unfavorable	19%	23%
Very unfavorable	20%	27%
Not sure	2%	4%

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

3% excellent

17% good

20% fair

59% poor

1% not sure

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

15% excellent

17% good

40% fair

17% poor

1% not sure

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

42% Republicans

47% Democrats

11% not sure

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

41% Republicans

50% Democrats

10% not sure

8* 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?

25% strongly approve

17% somewhat approve

7% somewhat disapprove

49% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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

20% strongly approve

37% somewhat approve

16% somewhat disapprove

25% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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