SOUTH CAROLINA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday, October 22, 2006

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Previous South Carolina Survey

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1* If the 2006 election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Sanford or for Democrat Tommy Moore?

                57% Sanford

34% Moore          

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

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

3* How closely have you followed news stories about the situation involving Congressman Mark Foley?

                                38% very closely

35% somewhat closely

21% not very closely

  5% not at all
  0% not sure

4* How do you rate the way that Republican leaders in Congress have handled the Foley situation?

                                13% excellent

                                18% good

                                25% fair

                                33% poor

                                10% not sure

5* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?

                                19% better

                                28% worse

                                44% about the same

                                  9% not sure

6* How common is it for members of Congress to have inappropriate relationships with their staff?

                                16% very common

                                31% somewhat common

                                26% not very common

                                  6% not at all common

                                21% not sure

7* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving Mark Foley?

                                17% very important

                                24% somewhat important

                                33% not very important

                                22% not at all important

                                  4% not sure

8* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about North Korea’s nuclear test?

                                57% very closely

29% somewhat closely

12% not very closely

  3% not at all
  0% not sure

9* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?

                                24% excellent

                                24% good

                                24% fair

                                21% poor

                                  7% not sure

10* Is the situation with North Korea part of the War on Terror or something entirely separate from it?

                                35% part of the War on Terror

                                51% entirely separate from the War on Terror

                                14% not sure

11* Who’s winning war on terror the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

                                46% the United States and its allies

                                24% the terrorists

                                21% neither

                                  9% not sure

12* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving North Korea?

                                44% very important

                                35% somewhat important

                                12% not very important

                                  2% not at all important

                                  7% not sure

13* 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?

                                37% strongly approve

                                17% somewhat approve

                                13% somewhat disapprove

                                33% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

14* How would you rate the job Mark Sanford 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

                                35% somewhat approve

                                16% somewhat disapprove

                                14% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

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