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NEW MEXICO SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday September 7, 2006

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Previous New Mexico Survey

Daily Snapshot

  

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican John Dendahl or Democrat Bill Richardson?

 

                                26% Dendahl

61% Richardson  

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

 

2* If the election for the United States Senator were held today would you vote for Republican Allen McCulloch or Democrat Jeff Bingaman?

 

                                32% McCulloch

56% Bingaman     

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

 

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

 

 

Richardson

Dendahl

Bingaman

McCulloch

Very favorable

37%

  9%

36%

  9%

Somewhat favorable

30%

29%

26%

28%

Somewhat unfavorable

19%

23%

19%

23%

Very unfavorable

12%

19%

13%

10%

Not sure

  1%

21%

  6%

31%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Richardson

Bingaman

Dominici

Dendahl

McCulloch

Conservative

66%

10%

12%

49%

32%

24%

Moderate

18%

49%

47%

36%

24%

29%

Liberal

  7%

37%

29%

  4%

11%

  9%

Not sure

  8%

  5%

12%

11%

33%

38%

 

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

 

45% President Bush

48% Democrats in Congress

  8% 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

                                29% the terrorists

                                25% neither

  2% not sure

 

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

 

37% President Bush

51% Democrats in Congress

12% not sure

 

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

 

                                12% excellent

                                30% good

                                35% fair

                                23% 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?

 

                                31% strongly approve

                                15% somewhat approve

                                  9% somewhat disapprove

                                44% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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

 

                                30% strongly approve

                                35% somewhat approve

                                21% somewhat disapprove

                                14% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

               

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