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ARKANSAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

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Previous Arkansas Survey

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1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Asa Hutchinson or for Democrat Mike Beebe?

 

                38% Hutchinson

49% Beebe           

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

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

 

 

Hutchinson

Beebe

Very favorable

22%

28%

Somewhat favorable

33%

34%

Somewhat unfavorable

19%

19%

Very unfavorable

16%

10%

Not sure

11%

   9%

 

3* For each of the following, please let me know if you believe that person is politically conservative, moderate, or liberal.

 

 

Bush

Huckabee

Lincoln

Pryor

Beebe

Hutchinson

Conservative

61%

45%

13%

13%

15%

51%

Moderate

16%

34%

37%

44%

46%

23%

Liberal

14%

12%

38%

29%

24%

11%

Not sure

  9%

10%

12%

14%

15%

14%

 

4* Okay… Who do you trust more when it comes to the situation in Iraq and national security—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

43% President Bush

48% Democrats in Congress

  8% not sure

 

5* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

 

                                45% the United States and its allies

                                30% the terrorists

                                20% neither

  5% not sure

 

6* Who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

38% President Bush

51% Democrats in Congress

11% not sure

 

7* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

                                  9% excellent

                                27% good

                                33% fair

                                29% poor

  1% not sure

 

8* 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?

 

                                31% strongly approve

                                16% somewhat approve

                                13% somewhat disapprove

                                40% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                28% strongly approve

                                30% somewhat approve

                                22% somewhat disapprove

                                18% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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