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VIRGINIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday October 24, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Crosstabs for Vote For or Against

Previous Virginia Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

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?

 

                                49% Allen

48% Webb           

                                  1% some other candidate

                                  2% not sure

 

WITH LEANERS

 

50% Allen

48% Webb           

                                  1% some other candidate

                  2% not sure

 

BREAKDOWN

 

50% Total Allen

                46% Certain Allen

                  3% Allen

                  1% Lean Allen

 

48% Total Webb

                29% Certain Webb

                19% Webb

                  0% Lean Webb

 

                  1% Some Other Candidate

                  2% Not Sure

 

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

 

                Allen voters

88% for Allen

10% against Webb

  2% not sure

               

Webb voters

51% for Webb

44% against Allen

  5% not sure

 

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

 

 

Allen

Webb

Very favorable

32%

20%

Somewhat favorable

18%

32%

Somewhat unfavorable

17%

23%

Very unfavorable

31%

21%

Not sure

  2%

  4%

 

4* Suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year.  Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic party?

 

47% Republican

46% Democratic

  7% not sure

 

5* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

 

  4% excellent

18% good

24% fair

55% poor

  1% not sure

 

6* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

 

27% excellent

25% good

31% fair

15% poor

  1% not sure

 

7* Which political party do you trust more to handle the War in Iraq-Republicans or Democrats?

 

48% Republicans

42% Democrats

10% not sure

 

8* Which political party do you trust more to handle the Economy-Republicans or Democrats?

 

49% Republicans

44% Democrats

  8% not sure

 

9* 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?

 

                                34% strongly approve

                                15% somewhat approve

                                  6% somewhat disapprove

                                44% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

31% strongly approve

33% somewhat approve

22% somewhat disapprove

12% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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