WEST VIRGINIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Tuesday September 5, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
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.