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TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday, October 23, 2006

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1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for , Republican Rick Perry, Democrat Chris Bell, Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, or Independent Kinky Friedman? If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?

 

36% Perry

25% Bell

22% Strayhorn

12% Friedman

                                  5% not sure

 

2* Now… If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison or for Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky?

 

                60% Hutchison

34% Radnofsky   

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Perry

Bell

Strayhorn

Friedman

Hutchison

Radnofsky

Very favorable

21%

14%

 19%

  9%

43%

19%

Somewhat favorable

32%

32%

 38%

27%

25%

28%

Somewhat unfavorable

 23%

27%

 21%

 25%

15%

16%

Very unfavorable

 22%

14%

 14%

 31%

12%

13%

Not sure

   2%

13%

   7%

   8%

  5%

24%

 

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


                                38% very closely

35% somewhat closely

22% not very closely

  2% not at all
  2% not sure

 

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

 

                                10% excellent

                                19% good

                                27% fair

                                35% poor

                                  9% 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?

 

                                21% better

                                21% worse

                                50% about the same

                                  8% not sure

 

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

 

                                16% very common

                                32% somewhat common

                                27% not very common

                                  7% not at all common

                                18% not sure

 

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

 

                                19% very important

                                22% somewhat important

                                28% not very important

                                24% not at all important

                                  7% not sure

 

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

 

                                64% very closely

25% somewhat closely

  9% not very closely

  2% not at all
  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                21% excellent

                                27% good

                                23% fair

                                26% poor

                                  3% not sure

 

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

 

                                30% part of the War on Terror

                                58% entirely separate from the War on Terror

                                13% 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

                                31% the terrorists

                                26% neither

                                  8% not sure

 

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

 

                                45% very important

                                35% somewhat important

                                15% not very important

                                  2% 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

                                25% somewhat approve

                                  7% somewhat disapprove

                                37% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

15* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

                                17% strongly approve

                                33% somewhat approve

                                21% somewhat disapprove

                                27% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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