TENNESSEE SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday October 30, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

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?

                                48% Corker

47% Ford              

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  2% not sure

WITH LEANERS

49% Corker

47% Ford              

                                  3% some other candidate

                  1% not sure

BREAKDOWN

49% Total Corker

                45%        Certain Corker

                  3%        Corker

                  1%        Lean Corker

47% Total Ford

                43%        Certain Ford

                  4%        Ford

                  0%        Lean Ford

                  3% Some Other Candidate

                  1% Not Sure

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

                Corker voters

60% for Corker

33% against Ford

  7% not sure

Ford voters

75% for Ford

19% against Corker

  6% not sure

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

4* Regardless of who you want to win the election for U.S. Senate, who do you think will win?

50% Corker

38% Ford

12% not sure

                5* In political terms, do you consider Bob Corker conservative, moderate or liberal?

                                51% conservative

                                30% moderate

                                  8% liberal

                                10% not sure

6. In political terms, do you consider Harold Ford, Jr. conservative, moderate or liberal?

13% conservative

                                36% moderate

                                47% liberal

                                  4% not sure

7* In terms of how you will vote this November, how important is the issue of same-sex marriage?

61% very important

12% somewhat important

17% not very important

  8% not at all important

  2% not sure

                8* Which candidate do you trust more on the issue of same-sex marriage?

49% Corker

30% Ford

21% not sure

9* Which candidate do you trust more on the War in Iraq?

46% Corker

44% Ford

10% not sure

10* Which candidate do you trust more on economic issues, Bob Corker or Harold Ford?

50% Corker

42% Ford

  8% not sure

11* 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

                                10% somewhat disapprove

                                40% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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