VIRGINIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday October 12, 2006

1* In the 2006 election for the U.S. Senate…if the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican George Allen or for Democrat James Webb?

47% Allen

44% Webb

2% some other candidate

7% not sure

WITH LEANERS

49% Allen

46% Webb

1% some other candidate

4% not sure

BREAKDOWN

49% Total Allen

36% Certain Allen

11% Allen

2% Lean Allen

46% Total Webb

32% Certain Webb

12% Webb

2% Lean Webb

1% Some Other Candidate

4% Not Sure

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

Allen voters

81% for Allen

13% against Webb

7% not sure

Webb voters

47% for Webb

43% against Allen

9% not sure

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

	Allen	Webb
Very favorable	28%	18%
Somewhat favorable	26%	36%
Somewhat unfavorable	20%	29%
Very unfavorable	22%	14%
Not sure	4%	4%

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

49% very closely

33% somewhat closely

15% not very closely

3% not at all
0% not sure

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

13% excellent

15% good

21% fair

44% poor

8% 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?

20% better

24% worse

47% about the same

9% not sure

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

13% very common

31% somewhat common

31% not very common

7% not at all common

17% not sure

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

17% very important

18% somewhat important

31% not very important

29% not at all important

4% not sure

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

57% very closely

35% somewhat closely

6% not very closely

2% not at all
0% not sure

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

21% excellent

23% good

26% fair

27% poor

3% not sure

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

19% part of the War on Terror

66% entirely separate from the War on Terror

14% not sure

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

42% the United States and its allies

26% the terrorists

25% neither

7% not sure

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

38% very important

38% somewhat important

16% not very important

5% not at all important

3% not sure

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