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TENNESSEE SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday October 23, 2006

Toplines

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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?

 

                                47% Corker

46% Ford              

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

WITH LEANERS

 

49% Corker

47% Ford              

                                  1% some other candidate

                  3% not sure

 

BREAKDOWN

 

49% Total Corker

                41%        Certain Corker

                  6%        Corker

                  2%        Lean Corker

 

47% Total Ford

                40%        Certain Ford

                  5%        Ford

                  2%        Lean Ford

 

                  1% Some Other Candidate

                  3% Not Sure

 

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

 

                Corker voters

62% for Corker

33% against Ford

  4% not sure

               

Ford voters

72% for Ford

21% against Corker

  7% not sure

 

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

 

 

Ford

Corker

Very favorable

30%

22%

Somewhat favorable

23%

30%

Somewhat unfavorable

23%

23%

Very unfavorable

22%

23%

Not sure

  2%

  2%

 

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


                                31% very closely

40% somewhat closely

21% not very closely

  7% not at all
  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                  7% excellent

                                20% good

                                27% fair

                                33% poor

                                13% not sure

 

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

 

                                17% better

                                20% worse

                                50% about the same

                                13% not sure

 

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

 

                                  9% very common

                                33% somewhat common

                                29% not very common

                                  7% not at all common

                                22% not sure

 

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

 

                                  9% very important

                                18% somewhat important

                                36% not very important

                                31% not at all important

                                  6% not sure

 

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

 

                                50% very closely

35% somewhat closely

10% not very closely

  4% not at all
  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                18% excellent

                                25% good

                                27% fair

                                24% poor

                                  5% not sure

 

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

 

                                27% part of the War on Terror

                                57% entirely separate from the War on Terror

                                16% not sure

 

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

 

                                35% the United States and its allies

                                30% the terrorists

                                25% neither

                                10% not sure

 

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

 

                                35% very important

                                19% somewhat important

                                18% not very important

                                  4% not at all important

                                  4% 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?

 

                                30% strongly approve

                                19% somewhat approve

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                41% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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