TENNESSEE SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Thursday September 28 and Sunday, October 1, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
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.