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Survey of 500 Likely Voters December 1, 2005
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December 6, 2005--Republican Jim Gibbons leads Democrat Dina Titus by six percentage points in the race to be Nevada's next Governor. However, if Gibbons is matched against Democrat Jim Gibson, the Democrat has a three-point advantage. None of the candidates attracted more than 45% of the vote, suggesting a very competitive campaign may be coming to Nevada next year. Gibbons (R) leads Titus (D) 45% to 39%. However, Gibson (D) leads Gibbons (R) 42% to 39%. The survey has a margin of sampling error of +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Congressman Gibbons is viewed favorably by 55% of Likely Voters and unfavorably by 31%. Titus, Minority Leader of the Nevada State Senate, is viewed favorably by 41% and unfavorably by 39%. Jim Gibson, Mayor of Henderson, attracts favorable review from 43% of voters. Thirty-five percent (35%) have an unfavorable opinion. [NOTE: Crosstabs and data on other questions are available for Premium Members.] [More Below]
The Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdgeTM Premium Service for Election 2006 will bring you the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a mid-term election. We will poll every race for Governor and Senator at least once a month in 2006. Fifty-two percent (52%) of Nevada voters say that finishing the mission in Iraq is a higher priority than getting the troops home as soon as possible. Forty-one percent (41%) take the opposite view. However, voters are evenly divided as to whether immigration or the situation in Iraq is a more important issue. In 2004, the final Rasmussen Reports Nevada poll found George Bush leading John Kerry 49% to 47%. Bush won the election 50% to 48%. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports December 1, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology). |
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