TENNESSEE SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday October 23, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
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.