MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
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.