TENNESSEE SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday October 11, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Crosstabs for Vote For or Against

Previous Tennessee Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* In the election for United States Senate, if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Corker or for Democrat Harold Ford?

                                46% Corker

48% Ford              

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  3% not sure

WITH LEANERS

46% Corker

48% Ford              

                                  2% some other candidate

                  3% not sure

BREAKDOWN

46% Total Corker

                38%        Certain Corker

                  8%        Corker

                  0%        Lean Corker

48% Total Ford

                40%        Certain Ford

                  8%        Ford

                  0%        Lean Ford

                  2% Some Other Candidate

                  3% Not Sure

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

                Corker voters

54% for Corker

41% against Ford

  5% not sure

Ford voters

72% for Ford

23% against Corker

  5% not sure

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

4* Okay… I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news today. For each, please let me know how important it will be in terms of how you will vote this November—first—the economy.

72% very important

24% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  1% not at all important

  1% not sure

5* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on Terror…

                81% very important

15% somewhat important

  2% not very important

  2% not at all important

  1% not sure

6* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values

55% very important

25% somewhat important

14% not very important

  5% not at all important

  1% not sure

7* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security

70% very important

25% somewhat important

  4% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

8* Great… what about immigration

57% very important

28% somewhat important

11% not very important

  3% not at all important

  1% not sure

9* Last one… reigning in government corruption…

76% very important

16% somewhat important

  4% not very important

  1% not at all important

  2% not sure

10* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would raise taxes?

 

                41% yes

                38% no

                22% not sure

11* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would consider changes to Social Security?

                51% yes

                29% no

                20% not sure

12* Should all American troops in Iraq be brought home within a year?

                                43% yes

                38% no

                19% not sure

                13* Finally, 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?

                                44% Republican

                                47% Democratic

                                  9% not sure

14* 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?

                                31% strongly approve

                                21% somewhat approve

                                11% somewhat disapprove

                                37% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

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