TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday, October 23, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
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.