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WEST VIRGINIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday September 5, 2006

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Previous West Virginia Survey

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1* If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican John Raese or for Democrat Robert Byrd?

 

                                30% Raese

63% Byrd              

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  4% not sure

 

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

 

 

Byrd

Raese

Very favorable

47%

12%

Somewhat favorable

27%

30%

Somewhat unfavorable

13%

24%

Very unfavorable

12%

23%

Not sure

  1%

11%

 

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

 

 

Bush

Manchin

Byrd

Rockefeller

Raese

Conservative

53%

24%

23%

22%

38%

Moderate

23%

55%

38%

37%

25%

Liberal

11%

12%

31%

30%

13%

Not sure

13%

  9%

  8%

12%

24%

 

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

 

40% President Bush

50% Democrats in Congress

  9% not sure

 

5* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

 

                                46% the United States and its allies

                                34% the terrorists

                                18% neither

  2% not sure

 

 

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

 

35% President Bush

54% Democrats in Congress

10% not sure

 

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

 

                                10% excellent

                                25% good

                                34% fair

                                30% poor

  1% not sure

 

8* 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?

 

                                26% strongly approve

                                17% somewhat approve

                                14% somewhat disapprove

                                42% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

                                41% strongly approve

                                38% somewhat approve

                                14% somewhat disapprove

                                  6% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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