WASHINGTON SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, September 7, 2006

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Previous Washington Survey

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1* In the Election for U.S. Senate this November, will you vote for Republican Mike McGavick or Democrat Maria Cantwell?

                35% McGavick

52% Cantwell       

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

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

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

4* Regardless of who you want to win the Senate race this November, who do you think will win—Mike McGavick or Maria Cantwell.

 

                25% McGavick

                65% Cantwell       

                11% not sure

 

5* On the national political scene, which party will win control of the U.S. Senate this year, Republicans or Democrats?

35% Republicans

50% Democrats

14% not sure

6* How closely have you followed news stories about Mike McGavick’s recent public confession and related issues?

                                24% very closely

                                38% somewhat closely

28% not very closely

  9% not at all

  2% not sure

7* Which of the following best describes the recently publicized incident earlier in McGavick’s life?

                                  4% plagiarism

                                60% drunk driving

                                  1% adultery

                                  0% auto theft

35% not sure

8* In terms of how you will vote this year, how important are the issues surrounding McGavick’s drunk driving incident?

                                15% very important

                                26% somewhat important

                                38% not very important

                                18% not at all important

  4% not sure

9* Generally speaking, does just about everybody have something in their past that would be as embarrassing as McGavick’s drunk driving incident?

56% yes

                                27% no

17% not sure

10*Do you believe that McGavick’s apology about the incident was sincere?

48% yes

                                25% no

27% not sure

11* How likely is it that Maria Cantwell has similar embarrassing incidents in her past?

                                29% very likely

                                29% somewhat likely

                                29% not very likely

                                   3% not at all likely

 11% 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?

                                25% strongly approve

                                14% somewhat approve

                                  8% somewhat disapprove

                                52% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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

                                26% strongly approve

                                34% somewhat approve

                                19% somewhat disapprove

                                20% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

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