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TENNESSEE SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday September 28 and Sunday, October 1, 2006

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1* In the election for United States Senate, if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Corker or for Democrat Harold Ford?

 

                                43% Corker

48% Ford              

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

2* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Bryson or for Democrat Phil Bredesen?

 

                                28% Bryson

                                63% Bredesen

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

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

 

 

Ford

Corker

Bryson

Bredesen

Very favorable

31%

18%

14%

34%

Somewhat favorable

24%

30%

29%

37%

Somewhat unfavorable

19%

26%

20%

19%

Very unfavorable

21%

23%

16%

  7%

Not sure

  5%

  4%

21%

  3%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Corker

Ford

Conservative

61%

45%

  8%

Moderate

20%

33%

35%

Liberal

  9%

  8%

48%

Not sure

10%

13%

  9%

 

5. Have you seen any television ads run by the Corker campaign?

 

                                91% yes

  7% no

  2% not sure

 

6. Okay…Have you seen any television ads run by the Ford campaign?

 

                                90% yes

  9% no

  1% not sure

 

7. Which candidate is more serious about reducing illegal immigration in the United States—Harold Ford or Bob Corker?

 

                                41% Ford

                                41% Corker

                                18% not sure

 

8. Which candidate do you trust more when it comes to issues of national security?

 

43% Ford

                                43% Corker

                                14% not sure

 

9. Okay… which candidate do you trust more concerning the War on Iraq?

 

43% Ford

                                41% Corker

                                17% not sure

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10.  What about on economic issues—do you trust Harold Ford or Bob Corker?

 

44% Ford

                                42% Corker

                                14% not sure

 

11.  Suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year.  Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic party?

 

                                46% Republican

                                47% Democratic

                                  7% not sure

 

12* 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?

 

                                30% strongly approve

                                17% somewhat approve

                                14% somewhat disapprove

                                39% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

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

 

                                33% strongly approve

                                40% somewhat approve

                                14% somewhat disapprove

                                12% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

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