Rhode Island Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 19, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports

		Total	Party			Ideology				Senate				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Chafee (R)	Whitehouse (D)	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Follow Foley Story	Very Closely	41%	42%	44%	39%	45%	43%	35%	38%	41%	44%	28%	21%	51%	32%	35%	39%	26%	49%	43%	42%	40%	38%	43%	41%	44%	37%	48%	45%	41%	23%	30%	55%	39%	39%	40%	42%	47%	40%	39%
	Somewhat Closely	36%	30%	36%	38%	34%	33%	42%	0%	33%	34%	59%	60%	36%	36%	29%	31%	46%	35%	39%	36%	35%	34%	37%	38%	29%	37%	28%	33%	46%	33%	46%	29%	36%	39%	30%	28%	35%	35%	39%
	Not Very Closely	17%	22%	16%	15%	14%	19%	16%	62%	18%	16%	13%	19%	10%	24%	29%	15%	20%	14%	16%	16%	19%	18%	16%	7%	18%	25%	16%	19%	13%	23%	20%	9%	18%	17%	23%	26%	14%	18%	14%
	Not at All	6%	5%	4%	7%	6%	4%	8%	0%	7%	5%	0%	0%	3%	8%	6%	14%	6%	3%	1%	5%	6%	11%	3%	14%	6%	2%	8%	4%	0%	19%	4%	6%	7%	4%	4%	4%	4%	6%	7%
	Not Sure	1%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	3%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	1%	3%	0%	0%	1%	1%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Senate				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Chafee (R)	Whitehouse (D)	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
GOP Leaders Handling of Foley Situation	Excellent	7%	14%	3%	6%	15%	4%	2%	0%	10%	3%	23%	0%	11%	2%	12%	8%	6%	5%	5%	8%	4%	8%	6%	19%	8%	4%	4%	6%	3%	2%	16%	5%	7%	4%	6%	17%	8%	6%	4%
	Good	14%	32%	11%	9%	26%	9%	10%	0%	25%	5%	14%	13%	15%	13%	15%	18%	12%	11%	16%	16%	10%	14%	14%	10%	9%	12%	7%	18%	22%	15%	11%	20%	13%	13%	13%	20%	15%	15%	8%
	Fair	27%	36%	21%	28%	29%	28%	25%	0%	30%	24%	25%	40%	26%	29%	29%	23%	30%	25%	34%	28%	25%	28%	27%	17%	27%	31%	24%	30%	34%	29%	14%	24%	33%	29%	23%	31%	28%	26%	28%
	Poor	46%	16%	60%	50%	26%	54%	53%	0%	29%	63%	38%	34%	47%	46%	37%	40%	47%	54%	41%	43%	54%	40%	50%	47%	52%	51%	52%	44%	38%	27%	51%	51%	41%	47%	48%	32%	41%	48%	51%
	Not Sure	6%	3%	6%	8%	3%	4%	10%	100%	6%	6%	0%	12%	2%	10%	6%	11%	6%	4%	4%	5%	7%	10%	4%	7%	5%	1%	13%	2%	3%	27%	7%	1%	7%	6%	10%	0%	9%	4%	9%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Senate				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Chafee (R)	Whitehouse (D)	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
If Foley was Dem, Would Dem Leaders Have Done	Better	25%	6%	49%	17%	9%	27%	37%	0%	7%	41%	0%	30%	25%	25%	31%	22%	16%	28%	25%	22%	32%	18%	29%	44%	21%	25%	29%	22%	19%	15%	34%	24%	21%	30%	17%	30%	16%	25%	30%
	Worse	17%	37%	5%	16%	38%	10%	7%	0%	29%	4%	59%	15%	24%	10%	15%	16%	20%	18%	14%	19%	12%	17%	17%	13%	14%	20%	13%	27%	14%	19%	14%	22%	16%	14%	16%	39%	18%	18%	6%
	About the Same	48%	51%	36%	54%	46%	52%	42%	38%	54%	43%	41%	43%	44%	51%	43%	47%	53%	43%	57%	48%	46%	47%	48%	37%	54%	49%	40%	43%	56%	41%	40%	48%	48%	47%	54%	28%	53%	47%	53%
	Not Sure	11%	6%	10%	13%	6%	11%	13%	62%	11%	11%	0%	12%	7%	14%	11%	15%	11%	11%	4%	11%	10%	18%	7%	6%	10%	6%	18%	8%	11%	25%	12%	6%	14%	9%	13%	4%	13%	11%	12%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Senate				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Chafee (R)	Whitehouse (D)	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
Congress Having Inappropriate Staff Relationship	Very common	14%	18%	13%	12%	20%	7%	17%	0%	15%	12%	27%	9%	14%	13%	12%	19%	15%	13%	10%	16%	9%	13%	14%	17%	10%	11%	10%	10%	16%	9%	19%	19%	13%	4%	25%	25%	13%	11%	17%
	Somewhat common	29%	32%	26%	30%	27%	32%	26%	0%	25%	33%	28%	28%	26%	32%	43%	31%	31%	24%	28%	29%	29%	34%	26%	25%	37%	27%	26%	49%	21%	10%	29%	32%	33%	23%	23%	48%	25%	31%	21%
	Not very common	33%	32%	34%	32%	38%	35%	25%	0%	36%	30%	37%	21%	39%	27%	26%	28%	32%	34%	39%	33%	31%	29%	35%	33%	31%	36%	37%	21%	40%	33%	28%	35%	32%	39%	18%	22%	40%	33%	30%
	Not at All common	7%	6%	10%	5%	6%	8%	5%	0%	7%	7%	0%	2%	7%	6%	0%	2%	7%	11%	7%	6%	9%	4%	8%	2%	9%	7%	12%	4%	7%	4%	4%	4%	5%	11%	10%	4%	6%	6%	9%
	Not Sure	18%	12%	18%	21%	8%	18%	26%	100%	17%	18%	8%	40%	14%	22%	18%	21%	16%	18%	16%	16%	22%	20%	17%	22%	14%	20%	15%	15%	16%	43%	19%	10%	18%	22%	24%	1%	17%	19%	24%

		Total	Party			Ideology				Senate				Gender		Age					Married		Children at Home		Income							Employment					Religious Affiliation
		All Voters	GOP	Dem	Other	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Not Sure	Chafee (R)	Whitehouse (D)	Other	Not Sure	Men	Women	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Yes	No	Yes	No	Under 20k	20k-40k	40k-60k	60k-75k	75k-100k	100k+	Not Sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Pvt Sect	Retired	Other	Evangelical	Protestant	Catholic	Other
How Important is Foley Issue to Vote	Very Important	11%	13%	16%	6%	17%	9%	8%	0%	4%	16%	12%	11%	9%	13%	13%	9%	9%	11%	11%	11%	11%	13%	10%	33%	5%	4%	4%	19%	7%	4%	14%	9%	5%	11%	30%	8%	13%	12%	9%
	Somewhat Important	15%	6%	21%	14%	5%	19%	16%	0%	10%	19%	14%	11%	12%	17%	0%	13%	8%	18%	23%	15%	13%	10%	17%	8%	23%	13%	21%	10%	11%	13%	2%	10%	14%	24%	14%	11%	12%	17%	14%
	Not Very Important	38%	37%	36%	39%	33%	37%	44%	0%	36%	40%	20%	46%	40%	36%	41%	41%	43%	34%	37%	35%	43%	35%	39%	32%	44%	40%	39%