MISSOURI SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday September 12, 2006

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Previous Missouri Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* In the Election for U.S. Senate this November, will you vote for Republican Jim Talent or Democrat Claire McCaskill?

                                42% Talent

45% McCaskill     

                                  4% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

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

3*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

25% the economy

  9% immigration

                13% government corruption

22% national security

17% the War in Iraq

  5% same-sex marriage

  4% some other issue

  4% not sure

4* I’m going to read you a short list of issues. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue. First, national security. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of national security—Republicans or Democrats?

47% Republicans

41% Democrats

12% not sure

5*Fine…the War in Iraq…Which party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?

44% Republicans

45% Democrats

11% not sure

6*Okay… the economy.  Which political party do you trust more on the handling of the economy—Republicans or Democrats?

39% Republicans

51% Democrats

10% not sure

7*Great…immigration. Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?

37% Republicans

40% Democrats

22% not sure

8*Okay…taxes.  Which political party do you trust more on taxes?

43% Republicans

45% Democrats

12% not sure

9*Fine…Is the War in Iraq part of the war on terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?

                                49% Iraq part of War on Terror

                                42% distraction

                                  9% not sure

10*Great…which is more important in terms of deciding how you will vote…a candidates political party or their individual character?

                                10% political party

                                85% character

                                  5% not sure

11*Okay….how often do you discuss politics and current events with family, friends and neighbors?

  4% rarely or never

23% occasionally

25% about once a week

26% several times a week

20% every day or nearly every day

  1% not sure

12*Have you ever met your representative in Congress?

                                29% yes

                                68% no

                                  3% not sure

13* 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

                                15% somewhat approve

                                14% somewhat disapprove

                                40% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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

21% strongly approve

26% somewhat approve

19% somewhat disapprove

33% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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