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WASHINGTON SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, October 26, 2006

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Previous Washington Survey

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1* In the Election for U.S. Senate this November, will you vote for Republican Mike McGavick or Democrat Maria Cantwell?

 

                41% McGavick

52% Cantwell       

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  3% not sure

 

WITH LEANERS

 

42% McGavick

54% Cantwell       

                                  1% some other candidate

                  2% not sure

 

BREAKDOWN

 

42% Total McGavick

                34% Certain McGavick

                  7% McGavick

                  2% Lean McGavick

 

54% Total Cantwell

                43% Certain Cantwell

                10% Cantwell

                  2% Lean Cantwell

 

                1% Some Other Candidate

                2% Not Sure

 

2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against hi/her opponent?

 

                McGavick voters

53% for McGavick

41% against Cantwell

  5% not sure

               

Cantwell voters

67% for Cantwell

24% against McGavick

  9% not sure

 

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

 

 

Cantwell

McGavick

Very favorable

25%

20%

Somewhat favorable

31%

28%

Somewhat unfavorable

20%

24%

Very unfavorable

 22%

24%

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?

 

39% Republican

54% Democratic

  8% mot sure

 

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

 

  3% excellent

15% good

22% fair

59% poor

  1% not sure

 

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

 

21% excellent

25% good

33% fair

19% poor

  1% not sure

 

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

 

39% Republicans

49% Democrats

11% not sure

 

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

 

42% Republicans

52% Democrats

  6% 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?

 

                                26% strongly approve

                                16% somewhat approve

                                  7% somewhat disapprove

                                50% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                25% strongly approve

                                30% somewhat approve

                                20% somewhat disapprove

                                23% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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