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MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

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Previous Maryland Survey

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1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Ehrlich or for Democrat Martin O’Malley?

 

42% Ehrlich

49% O’Malley

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

2* If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Steele or for Democrat Ben Cardin?

 

43% Steele

                                50% Cardin

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

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

 

 

Ehrlich

O’Malley

Cardin

Steele

Very favorable

29%

22%

29%

32%

Somewhat favorable

31%

37%

30%

30%

Somewhat favorable

21%

17%

19%

15%

Very unfavorable

15%

17%

 11%

15%

Not sure

  3%

  7%

 11%

  8%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Ehrlich

Cardin

Mikulski

Steele

O’Malley

Conservative

67%

40%

  6%

  8%

38%

  7%

Moderate

16%

46%

37%

24%

40%

37%

Liberal

  7%

  6%

41%

56%

  6%

39%

Not sure

  9%

  8%

16%

12%

16%

16%

 

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

 

38% President Bush

52% Democrats in Congress

10% not sure

 

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

 

                                43% the United States and its allies

                                34% the terrorists

                                20% neither

  2% not sure

 

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

 

36% President Bush

56% Democrats in Congress

  8% not sure

 

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

 

                                  9% excellent

                                27% good

                                43% fair

                                20% poor

  0% 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?

 

                                23% strongly approve

                                16% somewhat approve

                                11% somewhat disapprove

                                49% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

10* How would you rate the job Bob Ehrlich 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

                                32% somewhat approve

                                19% somewhat disapprove

                                19% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

               

 

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